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František Tokár

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František Tokár
Full nameFrantišek Tokár
Nationality Czechoslovakia
Born(1925-05-25)25 May 1925
Died29 October 1993(1993-10-29) (aged 68)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Stockholm Team
Bronze medal – third place 1953 Bucharest Team
Bronze medal – third place 1951 Vienna Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1951 Vienna Team
Silver medal – second place 1950 Budapest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1950 Budapest Team
Gold medal – first place 1949 Stockholm Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1949 Stockholm Team
Gold medal – first place 1948 Wembley Team
Gold medal – first place 1947 Paris Team

František Tokár (25 May 1925 in Veľké Chrašťany – 29 October 1993 in Bratislava) was a male international table tennis player from Czechoslovakia.[1]

Table tennis career

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From 1947 to 1957, he won ten medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2]

The ten World Championship medals[3] included five gold medals; four in the men's team event and one in the doubles with Ivan Andreadis at the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships.[4][5]

Personal life

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He worked at the Slovak Institute of Physical Training in Bratislava, Slovakia.[6]

Hall of Fame

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He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Table Tennis Federation in 1995.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  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.
  6. ^ "Veterans Lead" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  7. ^ "ITTF Hall of Fame" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2010-07-29.


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