Mária Mednyánszky

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Mária Mednyánszky
Personal information
Full nameMária Mednyánszky
Nationality Hungary
Born(1901-04-07)7 April 1901
Budapest
Died22 December 1978(1978-12-22) (aged 77)
Budapest
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Prague Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1936 Prague Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1935 Wembley Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1935 Wembley Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1935 Wembley Team
Gold medal – first place 1934 Paris Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1934 Paris Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1934 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 1933 Baden Singles
Gold medal – first place 1933 Baden Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1933 Baden Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1932 Prague Singles
Gold medal – first place 1932 Prague Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1932 Prague Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1931 Budapest Singles
Gold medal – first place 1931 Budapest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1931 Budapest Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1930 Berlin Singles
Gold medal – first place 1930 Berlin Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1930 Berlin Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1929 Budapest Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1929 Budapest Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1929 Budapest Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1928 Stockholm Singles
Gold medal – first place 1928 Stockholm Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1928 Stockholm Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1926 London Singles
Gold medal – first place 1926 London Mixed Doubles

Mária Mednyánszky (7 April 1901 Budapest – 22 December 1978 also Budapest) was a Hungarian international table tennis star.

Table tennis career[edit]

She became the first official women's world champion winning the women's singles event gold medal in the first edition of the World Table Tennis Championships, held in 1926 at London.[1] She went on to win the title for five successive years and won a further 18 world titles.[2] Only Angelica Rozeanu holds more women's singles titles than her.[2]

She won seven doubles titles including six consecutive wins with Anna Sipos.[2][3][4] She also won three English Open titles.

Awards[edit]

She was awarded the Golden Order of the Hungarian People's Republic in 1976, Hungary's highest sporting honour.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16.
  2. ^ a b c "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  3. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.


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