- Mária Mednyánszky
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Mária Mednyánszky Full name MEDNYANSZKY Maria Nationality Hungary Medal recordWomen's table tennis Competitor for Hungary World Championships Bronze 1936 Prague Doubles Silver 1936 Prague Mixed Doubles Gold 1935 Wembley Doubles Bronze 1935 Wembley Mixed Doubles Silver 1935 Wembley Team Gold 1934 Paris Doubles Gold 1934 Paris Mixed Doubles Silver 1934 Paris Team Silver 1933 Baden Singles Gold 1933 Baden Doubles Gold 1933 Baden Mixed Doubles Silver 1932 Prague Singles Gold 1932 Prague Doubles Silver 1932 Prague Mixed Doubles Gold 1931 Budapest Singles Gold 1931 Budapest Doubles Gold 1931 Budapest Mixed Doubles Gold 1930 Berlin Singles Gold 1930 Berlin Doubles Gold 1930 Berlin Mixed Doubles Gold 1929 Budapest Singles Bronze 1929 Budapest Doubles Bronze 1929 Budapest Mixed Doubles Gold 1928 Stockholm Singles Gold 1928 Stockholm Doubles Gold 1928 Stockholm Mixed Doubles Gold 1926 London Singles Gold 1926 London Mixed Doubles Mária Mednyánszky (7 April 1901 Budapest – 22 December 1978 also Budapest) was a Hungarian table tennis star who became the first official women's world champion winning the single event gold medal in the first edition of the World Table Tennis Championships, held in 1926 at London.[1] She went on to win the title for five successive years and won a further 18 world titles. She was awarded the Golden Order of the Hungarian People's Republic in 1976, Hungary's highest sporting honour.
References
- Maria Mednyanszky ITTF Hall of Fame. Accessed September 2007
- Maria Mednyanszky at I GUINNESS DEL TENNISTAVOLO (Italian) Accessed Sept 2007
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