Marie Šmídová (née Masáková; April 19, 1907 – 1963), was a female Czech international table tennis player.[1]

Marie Šmídová
Personal information
Nationality Czech Republic
Born(1907-04-19)19 April 1907
Died1963(1963-00-00) (aged 55–56)
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1931 Women's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Women's Singles
Silver medal – second place 1932 Women's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1934 Women's Team
Bronze medal – third place 1934 Women's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1934 Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1935 Women's Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1935 Women's Team
Bronze medal – third place 1935 Women's Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1936 Women's Team
Gold medal – first place 1936 Women's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Mixed Doubles

Table tennis career edit

She won fourteen World Table Tennis Championships medals, in the women's singles, doubles and team events and the mixed doubles. She won three gold medals; two in the team event and one in the women's doubles.[2]

The fourteen World Championship medals[3][4] included three gold medals; one in the doubles with Marie Kettnerová at the 1936 World Table Tennis Championships and two in the team event.[5][6]

She also won two English Open titles.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  3. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  4. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  5. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  6. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.