Josef Somogyi

Josef 'Joe' Somogyi was a male international table tennis player from Hungary.[1]

Josef Somogyi
Personal information
Nationality Hungary
Died(1965-01-12)January 12, 1965
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
World Table Tennis Championships
1955Men's Team

Table tennis career

He won the Doubles [Gold] with Tibor Hámori at the Summer University World Championship (Budapest, July 31 - August 8, 1954] and was runner up in the Singles Gold at the same event. http://mefsarchivum.hu/!/esemenynaptar/3-nemzetkozi-sport/362-nyari-egyetemi-vilagbajnoksag-1954

He won a bronze medal as part of the Hungarian team that competed in the Swaythling Cup during the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships. The team consisted of László Földy, József Kóczián, Ferenc Sidó and Kálmán Szepesi.[2]

He helped Surrey win the National County Championships in the 1958-59 season and was runner-up in the English Open.[3]

Personal life

He escaped Hungary with his wife Ary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 to London becoming an architect-draughtsman. He was killed in a car accident on 12 January 1965.[3]

He leaves behind two daughters, Susanna and Juliette.

Susanna was born in Budapest and could not escape with her parents in 1956 (as a baby) but, joined them later in 1962 when she was finally "allowed" out of Hungary to join her parents in the United Kingdom.

Susanna is writing a book about Josef Somogyi, encapsulating his table tennis career and, escape from the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

gollark: "I don't care if you hold [VIEW] but don't talk about it, mention it in any way or act according to [VIEW]".
gollark: I feel like that in general that is a somewhat apiohazardous/dodecahedral attitude too.
gollark: ++list_deleted trump
gollark: Trump is extremely apiohazardous.
gollark: Well, a significant percentage of America voted for Trump.

See also

References
  1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. "Josef Somogyi Obituary" (PDF). Table Tennis England.

http://mefsarchivum.hu/!/esemenynaptar/3-nemzetkozi-sport/362-nyari-egyetemi-vilagbajnoksag-1954


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.