Ladislav Štípek

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Ladislav Štípek (10 June 1925 – 13 February 1998) was a Czech male international table tennis player, representing Czechoslovakia.

Ladislav Štípek
Nationality Czechoslovakia
Born(1925-06-10)10 June 1925
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died13 February 1998(1998-02-13) (aged 72)
Barcelona, Spain
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1959 Dortmund Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1957 Stockholm Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Stockholm Team
Silver medal – second place 1956 Tokyo Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1956 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 1955 Utrecht Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Utrecht Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1955 Utrecht Team
Silver medal – second place 1954 Wembley Team
Bronze medal – third place 1953 Bucharest Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1951 Vienna Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1951 Vienna Team
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Budapest Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Budapest Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1949 Stockholm Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1949 Stockholm Team
Gold medal – first place 1948 Wembley Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1948 Wembley Team
Bronze medal – third place 1947 Paris Doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1958 Budapest Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1958 Budapest Team

Table tennis career

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From 1947 to 1959 he won some medals in team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[1]

His 19 World Championship medals[2][3] included five gold medals; two in the team event and three in the doubles with Bohumil Váňa and Ivan Andreadis respectively.[4][5]

He also won an English Open title.

Personal life

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He worked as an official for the Ninth of May Jawa motorcycle works.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16.
  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.
  6. ^ "Veterans Lead" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2018-02-26.