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Miloslav Hamer
Personal information
NicknameMilo
Nationality  Czechoslovakia
Born(1913-06-22)22 June 1913
Died4 February 2002(2002-02-04) (aged 88)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing   Czechoslovakia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1933 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1934 Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1933 Team
Silver medal – second place 1935 Team
Gold medal – first place 1936 Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1937 Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1937 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Team
Gold medal – first place 1939 Team
Silver medal – second place 1939 Doubles

Miloslav Hamer (Hamr in some sources) (22 June 1913 - 4 February 2002) was a Czechoslovak international table tennis player who was world champion in mixed doubles and team table tennis.

Table tennis career

He won eleven medals in the World Table Tennis Championships from 1933 to 1939. [1] In March 1936, he teamed with Gertrude Kleinová to win the gold medal in the Mixed Doubles 10th World Table Tennis Championships in Prague, in a competition that saw them defeat Americans Buddy Blattner and Jay Purves in the preliminaries as they won 21–19 in the fifth game. [2] [3] [4] He also won the team championship in 1939 in Cairo. [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis: World Championships: Mixed Doubles". Sports 123. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  3. ^ "World Table Tennis Championships – Gold Medals" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 12, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  4. ^ Boggan, Tim (2000). "History of U.S. Table Tennis". USATT. Archived from the original on June 19, 2010. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  5. ^ "ITTF Database". Ittf.com. Retrieved July 19, 2011.

External links

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