Gizella Farkas

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FullnameLANTOS-GERVAI-FARKAS Gizella
Nationality Hungary
Born(1925-11-18)18 November 1925
Died17 June 1996(1996-06-17) (aged 70)
Gizi Farkas
Farkas in 1953
Personal information
Full nameLANTOS-GERVAI-FARKAS Gizella
Nationality Hungary
Born(1925-11-18)18 November 1925
Died17 June 1996(1996-06-17) (aged 70)
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1959 DortmundMixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place1954 WembleyDoubles
Gold medal – first place1954 WembleyMixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place1954 WembleyTeam
Silver medal – second place1953 BucharestSingles
Gold medal – first place1953 BucharestDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1953 BucharestMixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place1953 BucharestTeam
Silver medal – second place1952 BombaySingles
Bronze medal – third place1952 BombayDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1952 BombayMixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place1951 ViennaSingles
Bronze medal – third place1951 ViennaDoubles
Silver medal – second place1950 BudapestSingles
Silver medal – second place1950 BudapestDoubles
Gold medal – first place1950 BudapestMixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place1950 BudapestTeam
Gold medal – first place1949 StockholmSingles
Gold medal – first place1949 StockholmDoubles
Gold medal – first place1949 StockholmMixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place1949 StockholmTeam
Gold medal – first place1948 WembleySingles
Silver medal – second place1948 WembleyTeam
Gold medal – first place1947 ParisSingles
Gold medal – first place1947 ParisDoubles
Gold medal – first place1947 ParisMixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place1947 ParisTeam
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1960 ZagrebDoubles
Gold medal – first place1960 ZagrebTeam
Bronze medal – third place1958 BudapestDoubles
Gold medal – first place1958 BudapestMixed Doubles

Gizella 'Gizi' Farkas (18 November 1925 in Miskolc – 17 June 1996 in Vienna) was a female international table tennis player from Hungary.

From 1947 to 1960 she won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[1]

Farkas is recognised as one of the leading female players in the history of the sport. Of the 27 World Championship medals that she won [2][3] they included ten gold medals; three in the singles at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships, 1948 World Table Tennis Championships and 1949 World Table Tennis Championships, three in the doubles and four in the mixed doubles.[4][5]

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