Anna Sipos
Full nameSIPOS Anna
NationalityHungarian
Born(1908-04-03)3 April 1908
Hungary
Died1 January 1988(1988-01-01) (aged 79)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1935 Wembley Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1935 Wembley Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1935 Wembley Team
Gold medal – first place 1934 Paris Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1934 Paris Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1934 Paris Team
Gold medal – first place 1933 Baden Singles
Gold medal – first place 1933 Baden Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1933 Baden Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1932 Prague Singles
Gold medal – first place 1932 Prague Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1932 Prague Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1931 Budapest Singles
Gold medal – first place 1931 Budapest Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1931 Budapest Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1930 Berlin Singles
Gold medal – first place 1930 Berlin Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1930 Berlin Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1929 Budapest Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1929 Budapest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1929 Budapest Mixed Doubles

Anna Sipos (3 April 1908 – 1 January 1988) was a Hungarian international table tennis player.

Table tennis career

She won 21 medals in the World Table Tennis Championships[1] Eleven of these were gold medals.[1] including six consecutive women's doubles wins when partnering Mária Mednyánszky.[2][3][4]

Halls of Fame

Sipos was inducted into the International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame in 1993.[5] Sipos, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "ITTF Database". Ittf.com. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  2. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  3. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  4. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  5. ^ "Hall of Fame" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  6. ^ "Anna Sipos". Jewishsports.net. International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

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