Alfred Liebster

Alfred Peter Liebster
Personal information
Full nameLiebster Alfred
Nationality Austria
Born(1910-03-14)14 March 1910[1]
Vienna, Austria
Died2000(2000-00-00) (aged 89–90)[2]
Camden, London, England
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Austria
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1938 WembleyMixed
Silver medal – second place1938 WembleyTeam
Gold medal – first place1936 PragueTeam
Silver medal – second place1935 LondonDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1935 LondonTeam
Silver medal – second place1934 ParisTeam
Bronze medal – third place1933 BadenDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1933 BadenTeam
Bronze medal – third place1932 PragueTeam
Bronze medal – third place1931 BudapestDoubles
Silver medal – second place1930 BerlinDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1929 BudapestMixed
Silver medal – second place1929 BudapestTeam
Bronze medal – third place1928 BudapestSingles
Gold medal – first place1928 BudapestDoubles
Silver medal – second place1928 BudapestTeam

Alfred Peter Liebster (14 March 1910, Vienna[1] – 2000, Camden, London, England[2]) was a male former international table tennis player from Austria.

Table tennis career

From 1928 to 1938 he won sixteen medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships[3] including two gold medals.[4][5][6] The golds were won in the men's doubles with Robert Thum at the 1928 World Table Tennis Championships and in the men's team event at the 1936 World Table Tennis Championships.[7]

He also won an English Open title.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Official information from the Vienna City and State Archives on May 10, 2012 - OTRS-Ticket
  2. 1 2 England and Wales Death Registration Index: Alfred Peter Liebster
  3. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  4. ↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  6. ↑ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  7. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
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