František Tokár
Slovak table tennis player
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František Tokár (25 May 1925 – 29 October 1993) was a Slovak table tennis player who represented Czechoslovakia.[1]
Nationality
Czechoslovakia
CzechoslovakiaBorn25 May 1925
Died29 October 1993 (aged 68)
Bratislava, Slovakia
SportTable tennis
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| Nationality | Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 May 1925 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 October 1993 (aged 68) Bratislava, Slovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
Tokár was born on 25 May 1925 in Veľké Chrašťany. He worked at the Slovak Institute of Physical Training in Bratislava.[2] 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.[3]
The ten World Championship medals[4] 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.[5][6]
Hall of Fame
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Table Tennis Federation in 1995.[7]
