József Kóczián (4 August 1926 – 10 December 2009) was a Hungarian table tennis player, who won three world championships during his career.
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| Nationality |  Hungary  Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 August 1926 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 December 2009 (aged 83) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Table tennis career
editFollowing the Second World War, he made his first World Championships appearance in 1947 in Paris. He was a regular at the global event until 1959 when he made his final bow in Dortmund, Germany representing Sweden. József's sister Éva was also a table tennis player.[1]
Medal Count
editHe won a total of 14 medals at World Championships[2][3] during that 12-year period; notably clinching three gold medals.[4][5] In 1949/Stockholm and 1952/Bombay he was a member of the successful Hungarian team that won the Swaythling Cup. In 1953 he partnered with fellow Hungarian Ferenc Sidó to clinch the top prize in the Men's Doubles competition.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Kóczián Éva". Napkut.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Profile of József Kóczián Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
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