Anna Sipos

Anna Sipos
Personal information
Full nameSIPOS Anna
NationalityHungarian
Born(1908-04-03)3 April 1908
Hungary
Died1 January 1988(1988-01-01) (aged 79)
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1935 WembleyDoubles
Gold medal – first place1935 WembleyMixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place1935 WembleyTeam
Gold medal – first place1934 ParisDoubles
Silver medal – second place1934 ParisMixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place1934 ParisTeam
Gold medal – first place1933 BadenSingles
Gold medal – first place1933 BadenDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1933 BadenMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1932 PragueSingles
Gold medal – first place1932 PragueDoubles
Gold medal – first place1932 PragueMixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place1931 BudapestSingles
Gold medal – first place1931 BudapestDoubles
Silver medal – second place1931 BudapestMixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place1930 BerlinSingles
Gold medal – first place1930 BerlinDoubles
Silver medal – second place1930 BerlinMixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place1929 BudapestSingles
Bronze medal – third place1929 BudapestDoubles
Gold medal – first place1929 BudapestMixed Doubles

Anna Sipos (3 April 1908 – 1 January 1988) was a Hungarian international table tennis player.

Table tennis career

She won 21 medals in the World Table Tennis Championships[1] Eleven of these were gold medals.[1] including six consecutive women's doubles wins when partnering Mária Mednyánszky.[2][3][4]

Halls of Fame

Sipos was inducted into the International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame in 1993.[5] Sipos, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "ITTF Database". Ittf.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  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. ↑ "Hall of Fame" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "Anna Sipos". Jewishsports.net. International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

See also