Mária Mednyánszky

Mária Mednyánszky (7 April 1901 Budapest – 22 December 1978 also Budapest) was a Hungarian international table tennis star.

Mária Mednyánszky
Full name	Mária Mednyánszky
Nationality	Hungary
Born	April 7, 1901 Budapest
Died	December 22, 1978 Budapest
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  Hungary World Championships 1936 Prague Doubles 1936 Prague Mixed Doubles 1935 Wembley Doubles 1935 Wembley Mixed Doubles 1935 Wembley Team 1934 Paris Doubles 1934 Paris Mixed Doubles 1934 Paris Team 1933 Baden Singles 1933 Baden Doubles 1933 Baden Mixed Doubles 1932 Prague Singles 1932 Prague Doubles 1932 Prague Mixed Doubles 1931 Budapest Singles 1931 Budapest Doubles 1931 Budapest Mixed Doubles 1930 Berlin Singles 1930 Berlin Doubles 1930 Berlin Mixed Doubles 1929 Budapest Singles 1929 Budapest Doubles 1929 Budapest Mixed Doubles 1928 Stockholm Singles 1928 Stockholm Doubles 1928 Stockholm Mixed Doubles 1926 London Singles 1926 London Mixed Doubles

Table tennis career

She became the first official women's world champion winning the women's singles event gold medal in the first edition of the World Table Tennis Championships, held in 1926 at London.[1] She went on to win the title for five successive years and won a further 18 world titles.[2] Only Angelica Rozeanu holds more women's singles titles than her.[2]

She won seven doubles titles including six consecutive wins with Anna Sipos.[2][3][4] She also won three English Open titles.

Awards

She was awarded the Golden Order of the Hungarian People's Republic in 1976, Hungary's highest sporting honour.

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

1. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=4644
2. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
3. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.

• Maria Mednyanszky ITTF Hall of Fame. Accessed September 2007
• Maria Mednyanszky at I GUINNESS DEL TENNISTAVOLO (Italian) Accessed Sept 2007