Bohumil Váňa

Bohumil Váňa
Personal information
Full nameBohumil Váňa
Nationality Czechoslovakia
Born(1920-01-17)17 January 1920
Prague
Died4 November 1989(1989-11-04) (aged 69)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1955 UtrechtTeam
Bronze medal – third place1953 BucharestDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1953 BucharestTeam
Gold medal – first place1951 ViennaDoubles
Gold medal – first place1951 ViennaMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1951 ViennaTeam
Bronze medal – third place1950 BudapestDoubles
Silver medal – second place1950 BudapestMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1950 BudapestTeam
Silver medal – second place1949 StockholmSingles
Silver medal – second place1949 StockholmDoubles
Silver medal – second place1949 StockholmMixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place1949 StockholmTeam
Silver medal – second place1948 WembleySingles
Gold medal – first place1948 WembleyDoubles
Silver medal – second place1948 WembleyMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1948 WembleyTeam
Gold medal – first place1947 ParisSingles
Gold medal – first place1947 ParisDoubles
Gold medal – first place1947 ParisTeam
Bronze medal – third place1939 CairoSingles
Gold medal – first place1939 CairoMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1939 CairoTeam
Gold medal – first place1938 WembleySingles
Silver medal – second place1938 WembleyMixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place1938 WembleyTeam
Gold medal – first place1937 BadenMixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place1937 BadenTeam
Bronze medal – third place1936 PragueTeam
Silver medal – second place1935 WembleyTeam

Bohumil Váňa (17 January 1920 – 4 November 1989) was a Czech international table tennis player who represented Czechoslovakia. He was born and died in Prague.[1]

Table tennis career

From 1935 to 1955 he won 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. ↑ "Bohumil Váňa biography". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  2. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  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. Archived from the original on 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2011-05-23.


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