Bohumil Váňa (17 January 1920 – 4 November 1989) was a Czech international table tennis player who represented Czechoslovakia. He was born and died in Prague.[1]

Table tennis career

From 1935 to 1955 he won 30 medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2] This included 13 gold medals.[3][4][5][6][7] He also won five English Open titles.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bohumil Váňa biography". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  2. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  3. ↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  4. ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  5. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  6. ↑ "Stats". ITTF.
  7. ↑ "Champions". USATT. Archived from the original on 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2011-05-23.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohumil_Váňa