František Tokár (25 May 1925 in Veľké Chrašťany – 29 October 1993 in Bratislava) was a male international table tennis player from Czechoslovakia.[1]
| František Tokár | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | František Tokár | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 May 1925 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 October 1993 (aged 68) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Table tennis career
editFrom 1947 to 1957, he won ten medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2]
The ten World Championship medals[3] included five gold medals; four in the men's team event and one in the doubles with Ivan Andreadis at the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships.[4][5]
Personal life
editHe worked at the Slovak Institute of Physical Training in Bratislava, Slovakia.[6]
Hall of Fame
editHe was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Table Tennis Federation in 1995.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. [dead link]
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Veterans Lead" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ^ "ITTF Hall of Fame" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
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