Vilim Harangozo

Vilim Harangozo
Harangozo (left) with Žarko Dolinar
Personal information
Nationality Yugoslavia
Born(1925-01-25)25 January 1925
Subotica, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died14 January 1975(1975-01-14) (aged 49)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Yugoslavia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1955 Utrecht Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1954 Wembley Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1951 Vienna Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1951 Vienna Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Budapest Singles

Vilim Harangozo (Hungarian: Harangozó Vilim, Serbian Cyrillic: Вилим Харангозо) was an ethnic Hungarian former table tennis player from Yugoslavia.

Table tennis career

From 1951 to 1958 Harangozo won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[1]

His four World Championship medals[2][3] included a gold medal in the doubles at the 1954 World Table Tennis Championships with Žarko Dolinar.[4][5]

He also won three English Open titles.

Football

Harangozo also played as footballer at FK Spartak Subotica in the Yugoslav First League during the late 1940s.[6] He scored the first ever first league goal of Spartak and it was against giants Red Star Belgrade. He also played with FK Bratstvo Subotica in the 1948–49 season.[7]

Personal life

His older brother Tibor Harangozo (1922–1978) was also an international table tennis player.

References

  1. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  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. ^ History of football in Subotica at Sportski savez Subotice, Retrieved 9 September 2013 (in Serbian)
  7. ^ Lučonoše Jugoslovenskog fudbala - Monografija FK Bačka Subotica 1901-2001, pag. 57 (in Serbian)

See also