Marie Kettnerová

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Marie Kettnerová
Personal information
Nationality Czech Republic
Born(1911-04-04)4 April 1911
Prague
Died28 February 1998(1998-02-28) (aged 86)
London
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1934 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1934 Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1934 Singles
Silver medal – second place 1935 Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1935 Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1935 Team
Gold medal – first place 1935 Singles
Gold medal – first place 1936 Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Singles
Gold medal – first place 1936 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1937 Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1937 Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1937 Team
Silver medal – second place 1937 Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1938 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1939 Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1939 Singles
Silver medal – second place 1939 Team
Silver medal – second place 1939 Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1947 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1948 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Team

Marie Kettnerová (born in Prague on 4 April 1911; died in London on 28 February 1998) was a female Czech international table tennis player.

Table tennis career[edit]

She won an incredible 23 World Table Tennis Championships medals from 1933 to 1950.[1] She was a singles gold medal winner of the World Table Tennis Championships in both women's single and doubles.[2][3] In singles she won in 1934 and 1935, in doubles in 1936 and three times team gold winner.[4] She was a charter member of the ITTF Hall of Fame.[5]

She also won an English Open title.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  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. ^ ITTF database
  5. ^ ITTF Hall of Fame Archived 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine