Miloslav Hamr

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Miloslav Hamer
Personal information
NicknameMilo
Nationality Czechoslovakia
Born(1913-06-22)22 June 1913
Died4 February 2002(2002-02-04) (aged 88)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1933 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1934 Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1933 Team
Silver medal – second place 1935 Team
Gold medal – first place 1936 Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1937 Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1937 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Team
Gold medal – first place 1939 Team
Silver medal – second place 1939 Doubles

Miloslav Hamer (Hamr in some sources) (22 June 1913 - 4 February 2002) was a Czechoslovak international table tennis player who was world champion in mixed doubles and team table tennis.

Table tennis career[edit]

He won eleven medals in the World Table Tennis Championships from 1933 to 1939.[1] In March 1936, he teamed with Gertrude Kleinová to win the gold medal in the Mixed Doubles 10th World Table Tennis Championships in Prague, in a competition that saw them defeat Americans Buddy Blattner and Jay Purves in the preliminaries as they won 21–19 in the fifth game.[2][3][4] He also won the team championship in 1939 in Cairo.[5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis: World Championships: Mixed Doubles". Sports 123. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  3. ^ "World Table Tennis Championships – Gold Medals" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 12, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  4. ^ Boggan, Tim (2000). "History of U.S. Table Tennis". USATT. Archived from the original on June 19, 2010. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  5. ^ "ITTF Database". Ittf.com. Retrieved July 19, 2011.

External links[edit]

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