Antonín Maleček

Antonín Maleček
Personal information
Nationality Czech Republic
Born1909
Died14 September 1964(1964-09-14) (aged 54–55)
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1930 Men's Team
Silver medal – second place 1931 Men's Team
Gold medal – first place 1932 Men's Team

Antonín Maleček (1909 – 14 September 1964) was a Czechoslovak international table tennis player.[1]

He won three medals at the World Table Tennis Championships in the team events.[2] This culminated in a gold medal at the 1932 World Table Tennis Championships for Czechoslovakia.[3][4]

He also won two English Open titles.

He kept a scrapbook on the history of Czech table tennis and died in 1964.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  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. ^ "Obituary" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.