Gizella Farkas
Hungarian table tennis player
Gizi Farkas |
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Full name | LANTOS-GERVAI-FARKAS Gizella |
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Nationality | Hungary |
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Born | (1925-11-18)18 November 1925 |
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Died | 17 June 1996(1996-06-17) (aged 70) |
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Gizella 'Gizi' Farkas (18 November 1925 in Miskolc – 17 June 1996 in Vienna) was a female international table tennis player from Hungary.
Table tennis career
From 1947 to 1960 she won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[1]
Farkas is recognised as one of the leading female players in the history of the sport. Of the 27 World Championship medals that she won [2][3] they included ten gold medals; three in the singles at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships, 1948 World Table Tennis Championships and 1949 World Table Tennis Championships, three in the doubles and four in the mixed doubles.[4][5]
Personal life
She married three times to László Fekete, Andorné Gervai and Mihály Lantos. From 1974 until her death, she lived in Austria.
See also
References
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- 1958: Ann Haydon, Jill Rook, Diane Rowe (ENG)
- 1960: Gizella Gervai, Éva Kóczián, Sarolta Lukacs, Lívia Mossóczy (HUN)
- 1962: Inge Harst-Muser, Uschi Matthias-Firdler, Agnes Simon, Edit Wetzel-Buchholz (FRG)
- 1964: Lesley Bell, Irene Ogus, Diane Rowe, Mary Shannon (ENG)
- 1966: Éva Kóczián, Erzsebet Heirits, Sarolta Lukacs (HUN)
- 1968: Wiebke Hendriksen, Jutta Krüger, Agnes Simon, Edit Wetzel-Buchholz (FRG)
- 1970: Svetlana Grinberg, Rita Pogosova, Zoja Rudnova, Aldona Skarulene-Kondrotaite (URS)
- 1972: Beatrix Kisházi, Henriette Lotaller, Judit Magos-Havas (HUN)
- 1974: Elmira Antonyan, Svetlana Fedorova, Zoja Rudnova, Asta Gedraitite (URS)
- 1976: Elmira Antonyan, Tatiana Ferdman, Valentina Popova, Zoja Rudnova (URS)
- 1978: Beatrix Kisházi, Judit Magos-Havas, Zsuzsa Olah, Gabriella Szabó (HUN)
- 1980: Narine Antonjan, Fliura Bulatova, Ludmila Bakshutova, Valentina Popova (URS)
- 1982: Beatrix Kisházi, Zsuzsa Olah, Gabriella Szabó, Edit Urban (HUN)
- 1984: Narine Antonjan, Fliura Bulatova, Valentina Popova, Anita Zakharjan (URS)
- 1986: Csilla Bátorfi, Györgyi Fazekas, Zsuzsa Olah, Edit Urban (HUN)
- 1988: Fliura Bulatova, Elena Kovtun, Valentina Popova, Raisa Timofeeva (URS)
- 1990: Csilla Bátorfi, Györgyi Fazekas, Zsuzsa Olah, Edit Urban (HUN)
- 1992: Otilia Bădescu, Emilia Ciosu, Maria Rotaru, Adriana Zamfir (ROU)
- 1994: Svetlana Bakhtina, Oksana Fadeyeva, Galina Melnik, Irina Palina, Elena Timina (RUS)
- 1996: Christina Fischer, Olga Nemeș, Jie Schöpp, Nicole Struse, Elke Schall (GER)
- 1998: Christina Fischer, Olga Nemeș, Jie Schöpp, Nicole Struse, Elke Schall (GER)
- 2000: Csilla Bátorfi, Maria Fazekas, Zita Molnár, Krisztina Tóth (HUN)
- 2002: Ana Gogorita, Maria Rotaru, Mihaela Steff, Adriana Zamfir (ROU)
- 2003: Ding Yan, Wenling Tan Monfardini, Laura Negrisoli, Nikoleta Stefanova, Wang Yu (ITA)
- 2005: Otilia Bădescu, Elizabeta Samara, Mihaela Steff, Adriana Zamfir (ROU)
- 2007: Li Bin, Petra Lovas, Georgina Póta, Krisztina Tóth, Szandra Pergel (HUN)
- 2008: Linda Creemers, Li Jiao, Li Jie, Carla Nouwen, Elena Timina (NED)
- 2009: Linda Creemers, Li Jiao, Li Jie, Carla Nouwen, Elena Timina (NED)
- 2010: Li Jiao, Li Jie, Elena Timina (NED)
- 2011: Linda Creemers, Britt Eerland, Li Jiao, Li Jie, Elena Timina (NED)
- 2013: Han Ying, Shan Xiaona, Kristin Silbereisen, Petrissa Solja, Wu Jiaduo (GER)
- 2014: Han Ying, Irene Ivancan, Shan Xiaona, Petrissa Solja, Sabine Winter (GER)
- 2015: Han Ying, Irene Ivancan, Shan Xiaona, Petrissa Solja, Sabine Winter (GER)
- 2017: Irina Ciobanu, Adina Diaconu, Daniela Monteiro, Elizabeta Samara, Bernadette Szőcs (ROU)
- 2019: Irina Ciobanu, Adina Diaconu, Daniela Monteiro, Elizabeta Samara, Bernadette Szőcs (ROU)
- 2021: Annett Kaufmann, Chantal Mantz, Nina Mittelham, Sabine Winter (GER)
- 2023: Han Ying, Annett Kaufmann, Nina Mittelham, Shan Xiaona, Sabine Winter (GER)
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