Michel Haguenauer
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| Nationality | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1916年01月22日)22 January 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 August 2000(2000年08月25日) (aged 84) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michel Haguenauer (1916–2000), was a male French international table tennis player.[1]
He won a five medals in the team event at the World Table Tennis Championships. In addition he won a bronze medal at the 1939 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's doubles with Raoul Bedoc and in 1954 he won a silver medal at the 1936 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's doubles with the legendary Viktor Barna.[2] [3]
He won 22 French national titles including eight singles events between 1933 and 1950. He famously played in a match against Marin Vasile-Goldberger that lasted 7 hours 35 minutes before the match was stopped.[4]
He was elected "glory of French sport", and his name is engraved at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin (Paris).
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Men's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012年04月12日.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "Un peu d'histoire !". Gargenville Tennis De Table.
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