Tibor Klampár

Tibor Klampár
Tibor Klampár in 2019
Personal information
Full nameKLAMPÁR Tibor
Nationality Hungary
Born (1953-04-30) 30 April 1953 (age 71)
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, Shakehand grip
Highest ranking3 (July 1979)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 2 3 1
European Championships 3 1 6
World Cup 1 0 0
Europe Top-12/Top-16 1 0 0
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1971 Nagoya Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1979 Pyongyang Team
Silver medal – second place 1973 Sarajevo Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1979 Pyongyang Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1981 Novi Sad Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1981 Kuala Lumpur Singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1974 Novi Sad Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1978 Duisburg Team
Gold medal – first place 1982 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 1974 Novi Sad Team
Silver medal – second place 1978 Duisburg Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Moscow Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Berne Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Budapest Singles

Tibor Klampár (born 30 April 1953) is a former international table tennis player from Hungary.

Table tennis career

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From 1970 to 1982 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Table Tennis European Championships. He won the gold medal in a single event of the Table Tennis World Cup in 1981.[1]

Klampár was the first player to use speed glue in the late 1980s. He played Liang Geliang, a top Chinese defender at the time and beat him convincingly after applying speed glue to his racket as Liang, or any of the top Chinese players at the time, had not experienced playing against an opponent using speed glue.

His five World Championship medals[2][3] included two gold medals in the doubles with István Jónyer at the 1971 World Table Tennis Championships and the team event at the 1979 World Table Tennis Championships.[4][5]

On the professional tour circuit, Klampar won 10 singles and 12 doubles titles in his career, including two English Open titles.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012.
  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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