Ladislav Štípek

Ladislav Štípek (1925 in Prague – 13 February 1998 in Barcelona) was a male international table tennis player from Czechoslovakia.

Ladislav Štípek
Nationality Czechoslovakia

Table tennis career

From 1947 to 1959 he won some medals in team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[1]

His 19 World Championship medals[2][3] included five gold medals; two in the team event and three in the doubles with Bohumil Váňa and Ivan Andreadis respectively.[4][5]

He also won an English Open title.

Personal life

He worked as an official for the Ninth of May Jawa motorcycle works.[6]

See also

References

  1. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=6816
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  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. "Veterans Lead" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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