František Tokár

František Tokár
Personal information
Nationality Czechoslovakia
Born(1925-05-25)25 May 1925
Veľké Chrašťany, Czechoslovakia
Died29 October 1993(1993-10-29) (aged 68)
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1957 StockholmTeam
Bronze medal – third place1953 BucharestTeam
Bronze medal – third place1951 ViennaDoubles
Gold medal – first place1951 ViennaTeam
Silver medal – second place1950 BudapestDoubles
Gold medal – first place1950 BudapestTeam
Gold medal – first place1949 StockholmDoubles
Silver medal – second place1949 StockholmTeam
Gold medal – first place1948 WembleyTeam
Gold medal – first place1947 ParisTeam

František Tokár (25 May 1925 – 29 October 1993) was a Slovak table tennis player who represented Czechoslovakia.

Personal life

Tokár was born on 25 May 1925 in Veľké Chrašťany. He worked at the Slovak Institute of Physical Training in Bratislava. He died in Bratislava on 29 October 1993.

Table tennis career

From 1947 to 1957, he won ten medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.

The ten World Championship medals included five gold medals; four in the men's team event and one in the doubles with Ivan Andreadis at the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships.

Hall of Fame

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Table Tennis Federation in 1995.

See also

References

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  7. ↑ "ITTF Hall of Fame" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2010-07-29.