The Table Tennis 53 - ITTF

Hungarian Table Tennis World Champions is a fine
compilation about the achievements of so many great
players. The book begins with an interesting history of
Table Tennis in Hungary, where an international event
was organized in 1904; their first national championship
was in 1905.
The author then presents a table documenting all
Hungarian Gold Medalists in the World Championships
from 1926 to 1979.
This is followed by a series of biographies with career
highlights and photo of each Gold Medallist. One photo
could not be located, and perhaps our Readers can help:
Erno Foldi, a member of the 1938 World Championship
team. Please contact Robert via the Hungarian TTA if
anyone can find this photo: moatsz@moatsz.hu
The book concludes with a series of delightful and historic
photos of many of the great Hungarian legends.
From Jacobi to Gergely, Mednyanszki to the Koczians,
Barna, Mechlovits, Gizi Farkas, Bellak, Sido ... Klampar,
Jonyer ... a remarkable 151 World Championship Gold
Medals.
Congratulations to Robert Szentgyörgyi for this great
addition to the history of Table Tennis.
Mrs. Miyagawa and your editor share a remarkable
connection: both of our collections began by noticing
the same stamp, issued by Sweden for the 1967 World
Table Tennis Championships!
Her book is beautifully presented in 6 categories:
o World Championships
o Olympic Games
o International Championships
o Europe, Asia, Japan
o Worldwide Regional events
o Other philatelic items
This book is bursting with very clear and colorful
photos of stamps, postmarks and cards, a great guide
for the collector, and highly recommended. Well done
Reiko!
After publication Mrs. Miyagawa kindly donated parts
of her collection to the ITTF Museum.
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