Ferenc Sidó

Ferenc Sidó (18 April 1923 in Pata – 6 February 1998 in Budapest) was a Hungarian international table tennis player from Slovakia.

Ferenc Sidó
Full name	SIDÓ Ferenc
Nationality	Hungary
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing  Hungary World Championships 1961 Beijing Doubles 1961 Beijing Team 1959 Dortmund Singles 1959 Dortmund Team 1957 Stockholm Doubles 1957 Stockholm Team 1955 Utrecht Singles 1955 Utrecht Doubles 1955 Utrecht Team 1953 Bucharest Singles 1953 Bucharest Doubles 1953 Bucharest Mixed Doubles 1953 Bucharest Team 1952 Bombay Mixed Doubles 1952 Bombay Team 1951 Vienna Singles 1951 Vienna Doubles 1951 Vienna Team 1950 Budapest Singles 1950 Budapest Doubles 1950 Budapest Mixed Doubles 1950 Budapest Team 1949 Stockholm Mixed Doubles 1949 Stockholm Team 1948 Wembley Mixed Doubles 1947 Paris Singles European Championships 1960 Zagreb Doubles 1960 Zagreb Team 1958 Budapest Mixed Doubles 1958 Budapest Team

Table tennis career

From 1947 to 1961 he won 26 medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships[1][2][3]

The 26 medals included nine gold medals; one in the men's singles, two in the men's doubles with József Kóczián and Ferenc Soos, two in the men's team event and four in the mixed doubles with Gizi Farkas and Angelica Rozeanu.[4][5]

He also won four English Open titles.

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

1. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
2. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
3. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=6540
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.