Vilim Harangozo

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Nationality Yugoslavia
Born(1925-01-25)25 January 1925
Died14 January 1975(1975-01-14) (aged 49)
SportTable tennis
Vilim Harangozo
Harangozo (left) with Žarko Dolinar
Personal information
Nationality Yugoslavia
Born(1925-01-25)25 January 1925
Died14 January 1975(1975-01-14) (aged 49)
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Yugoslavia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1955 UtrechtDoubles
Gold medal – first place1954 WembleyDoubles
Silver medal – second place1951 ViennaMixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place1951 ViennaTeam
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1958 BudapestSingles

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

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

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