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Erwin Kohn (20 December 1911, in Baden – 18 March 1994, in Mar del Plata) was a male international table tennis player from Austria.[1]
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| Full name | Kohn Erwin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 December 1911 Baden bei Wien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 March 1994 (aged 82) Mar del Plata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Table tennis career edit
Kohn was Austria's national table tennis champion by the age of 16. From 1932 to 1936 he won eight medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2][3]
The nine World Championship medals included a gold medal in the team event at the 1936 World Table Tennis Championships for Austria.[4][5]
Personal life edit
He was of Jewish descent so fled to England in 1938 and then emigrated to Argentina.[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ Erwin Kohn - career results at the ITTF website
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". Jewish Sports.
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