Erika Metzger
Full nameMETZGER Erika
Nationality Germany
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1929 Budapest Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1928 Stockholm Singles
Silver medal – second place 1928 Stockholm Mixed Doubles

Erika Metzger was a German international table tennis player.

Table tennis career

She lived in Berlin. In 1929 she and Mona Rüster won the first place medal for Germany in doubles in the Table Tennis World Championships. Leading up to this win, Metzger won the 1927 International German Championships. She would control the first-place position in the German rankings in both 1928 and 1929.[1]

Her three World Championship medals[2][3] included a gold medal in the doubles with Mona Rüster at the 1929 World Table Tennis Championships.[4][5] She also won two English Open titles.

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References

  1. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  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.
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