Gizi Farkas
Full nameLANTOS-GERVAI-FARKAS Gizella
Nationality Hungary
Born(1925-11-18)18 November 1925
Died17 June 1996(1996-06-17) (aged 70)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Dortmund Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Wembley Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1954 Wembley Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1954 Wembley Team
Silver medal – second place 1953 Bucharest Singles
Gold medal – first place 1953 Bucharest Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1953 Bucharest Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1953 Bucharest Team
Silver medal – second place 1952 Bombay Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Bombay Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Bombay Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1951 Vienna Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1951 Vienna Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1950 Budapest Singles
Silver medal – second place 1950 Budapest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1950 Budapest Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1950 Budapest Team
Gold medal – first place 1949 Stockholm Singles
Gold medal – first place 1949 Stockholm Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1949 Stockholm Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1949 Stockholm Team
Gold medal – first place 1948 Wembley Singles
Silver medal – second place 1948 Wembley Team
Gold medal – first place 1947 Paris Singles
Gold medal – first place 1947 Paris Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1947 Paris Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1947 Paris Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Zagreb Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1960 Zagreb Team
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Budapest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1958 Budapest Mixed Doubles

Gizella 'Gizi' Farkas (18 November 1925 in Miskolc – 17 June 1996 in Vienna) was a female international table tennis player from Hungary.

Table tennis career

From 1947 to 1960 she won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[1]

Farkas is recognised as one of the leading female players in the history of the sport. Of the 27 World Championship medals that she won [2][3] they included ten gold medals; three in the singles at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships, 1948 World Table Tennis Championships and 1949 World Table Tennis Championships, three in the doubles and four in the mixed doubles.[4][5]

Personal life

She married three times to László Fekete, Andorné Gervai and Mihály Lantos. From 1974 until her death, she lived in Austria.

See also

References

  1. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  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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