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Ferenc Soos

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Ferenc Soos
Personal information
Full nameSoos Ferenc
Nationality Hungary
Born(1919-06-10)10 June 1919
Újpest, Hungary
Died5 February 1981(1981-02-05) (aged 61)
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1950 Budapest Singles
Gold medal – first place 1950 Budapest Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1950 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 1949 Stockholm Singles
Gold medal – first place 1949 Stockholm Team
Silver medal – second place 1948 Wembley Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1947 Paris Mixed
Gold medal – first place 1938 Wembley Team
Silver medal – second place 1937 Baden Team
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Prague Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Prague Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Prague Team

Ferenc Soos was a male former international table tennis player from Hungary.

Table tennis career

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He won twelve medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships in 1936 to 1950.[1]

The twelve World Championship medals[2][3] included four gold medals; two in the team event, one in the mixed doubles at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships with Gizi Farkas and one in the men's doubles at the 1950 World Table Tennis Championships with Ferenc Sidó.[4][5][6][7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=6696 [dead link]
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  6. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  7. ^ "Men's Singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012.


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