Bohumil Váňa

Bohumil Váňa (17 January 1920 - 4 November 1989) was a male international table tennis player from Czechoslovakia.[1]

Bohumil Váňa
Personal information
Full nameBohumil Váňa
Nationality Czechoslovakia
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Championships
1955 Utrecht Team
1953 Bucharest Doubles
1953 Bucharest Team
1951 Vienna Doubles
1951 Vienna Mixed Doubles
1951 Vienna Team
1950 Budapest Doubles
1950 Budapest Mixed Doubles
1950 Budapest Team
1949 Stockholm Singles
1949 Stockholm Doubles
1949 Stockholm Mixed Doubles
1949 Stockholm Team
1948 Wembley Singles
1948 Wembley Doubles
1948 Wembley Mixed Doubles
1948 Wembley Team
1947 Paris Singles
1947 Paris Doubles
1947 Paris Team
1939 Cairo Singles
1939 Cairo Mixed Doubles
1939 Cairo Team
1938 Wembley Singles
1938 Wembley Mixed Doubles
1938 Wembley Team
1937 Baden Mixed Doubles
1937 Baden Team
1936 Prague Team
1935 Wembley Team

Table tennis career

From 1935 to 1955 he won an incredible 30 medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2] This included 13 gold medals.[3][4][5][6][7] He also won five English Open titles.

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-05-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  4. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  5. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  6. "Stats". ITTF.
  7. "Champions". USATT.


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