Maria Alexandru
Appearance
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Full name | Maria Alexandru | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Plugova[1] | 30 December 1939||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing style | Shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maria Alexandru (née Golopența)[2] (born 30 December 1939 in Plugova) is a former Romanian table tennis player.
Table tennis career
[edit]From 1957 to 1980 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[3][4][5]
Between 1953 and 1979, she played in 12 World Championships, winning three gold medals[6][7] in the doubles competition.[8]
During her active career she played for Progresul Bucharest.[8] She also won eleven English Open titles including six in the singles.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Evenimente interne" (in Romanian). Radio Iasi. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ^ "Maria Alexandru profile". European Table Tennis Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ a b "Anonimatul, drama unei sportive de top" (in Romanian). Romania libera. Retrieved May 29, 2014.