Władysław Loewenhertz was a male former Polish international table tennis player and Australian national and state table tennis champion .[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Poland |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Born | 10 March 1916 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 11 January 2011 (aged 94) Melbourne, Australia |
He was born in 1916 in Vienna, Austria, to Markus Loewenhertz and Hermina Weisglas. At a young age, his family moved to his father's hometown of Lwow, Poland, where spent the rest of his childhood and young adulthood.
He won a bronze medal at the 1935 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Alojzy Ehrlich and Simon Pohoryles for Poland.[2][3]
Along with his teammates they were the first Polish medal winner at the Championships.[4] He played for the local Jewish sports club Hasmonea Lwów.
Just prior to the onset of World War II, in July of 1939, he departed Poland for a new life in Australia, where he adopted the name of Walter Lowen. His table tennis achievements in Australia included winning: the 1948 Australian open singles championship,[5] the 1941, 1948, 1949, 1950 Victorian Open single championship and, late in his life inductions into: Table Tennis Victoria's hall of fame (open division) in 2015 and as the Macabi Victoria's hall of fame in 2000.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "List of Gold and silver medal Winners". All About Table Tennis.
- ^ "GREAT SUCCESS OF A SMALL POLISH WOMAN". Przeglad Sportowy. 4 May 2015.
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees | Maccabi VIC".
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