Marie Kettnerová (born in Prague on 4 April 1911; died in London on 28 February 1998) was a female Czech international table tennis player.

Table tennis career

She won an incredible 23 World Table Tennis Championships medals from 1933 to 1950.[1] She was a singles gold medal winner of the World Table Tennis Championships in both women's single and doubles.[2][3] In singles she won in 1934 and 1935, in doubles in 1936 and three times team gold winner.[4] She was a charter member of the ITTF Hall of Fame.[5]

She also won an English Open title.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  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. ^ ITTF database
  5. ^ ITTF Hall of Fame Archived 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
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