Václav Tereba

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Václav Tereba
Personal information
Nationality Czech Republic
Born(1918-08-21)21 August 1918
Died22 February 1990(1990-02-22) (aged 71)
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Men's Team
Bronze medal – third place 1937 Men's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Men's Team
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Men's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1939 Men's Team
Silver medal – second place 1939 Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1947 Men's Team
Bronze medal – third place 1947 Men's Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1950 Men's Team
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Men's Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1951 Men's Team
Bronze medal – third place 1951 Men's Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1953 Men's Team
Silver medal – second place 1954 Men's Team
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Men's Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1955 Men's Team
Silver medal – second place 1956 Men's Team
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Men's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Men's Team

Václav Tereba (21 August 1918 – 22 February 1990), was a Czechoslovak international table tennis player.[1]

He won twenty World Table Tennis Championship medals[2] including four gold medals as part of the Czechoslovakia men's team event.[3][4]

In addition he won four silver medals, three in the men's team event and one in the mixed doubles with Marie Kettnerová and twelve bronze medals, three in the men's team, one in the men's singles, one in the mixed doubles and six in the men's doubles with four different partners, Adolf Slar, Stanislav Kolář, Josef Turnovsky and Ludvik Vyhnanovsky.[5]

Other achievements included victory in the open English Championships in 1947. He died in 1990 and his son is Stanislav Tereba.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Men's Singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  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. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.