The Most Famous

TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS from Hungary

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This page contains a list of the greatest Hungarian Table Tennis Players. The pantheon dataset contains 107 Table Tennis Players, 5 of which were born in Hungary. This makes Hungary the birth place of the 6th most number of Table Tennis Players behind Sweden, and Germany.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Hungarian Table Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous Hungarian Table Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Hungarian Table Tennis Players.

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1. Mária Mednyánszky (1901 - 1978)

With an HPI of 50.54, Mária Mednyánszky is the most famous Hungarian Table Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.

Mária Mednyánszky (7 April 1901 Budapest – 22 December 1978 also Budapest) was a Hungarian international table tennis star.

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2. Miklós Szabados (1912 - 1962)

With an HPI of 47.42, Miklós Szabados is the 2nd most famous Hungarian Table Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Miklós Szabados (7 March 1912 – 12 February 1962) was a Hungarian and Australian table tennis champion.

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3. Zoltán Mechlovits (1891 - 1951)

With an HPI of 47.20, Zoltán Mechlovits is the 3rd most famous Hungarian Table Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Zoltán Mechlovits (1891 – 25 March 1951 in Budapest) was a male former international table tennis player from Hungary.

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4. Anna Sipos (1908 - 1988)

With an HPI of 47.12, Anna Sipos is the 4th most famous Hungarian Table Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Anna Sipos (3 April 1908 – 1 January 1988) was a Hungarian international table tennis player.

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5. Gizella Farkas (1925 - 1996)

With an HPI of 46.20, Gizella Farkas is the 5th most famous Hungarian Table Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

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

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6. Tibor Klampár (b. 1953)

With an HPI of 45.67, Tibor Klampár is the 6th most famous Hungarian Table Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Tibor Klampár (born 30 April 1953) is a former international table tennis player from Hungary.

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7. Agnes Simon (1935 - 2020)

With an HPI of 44.83, Agnes Simon is the 7th most famous Hungarian Table Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Agnes Simon (née Almási; 21 June 1935 – 19 August 2020) was an international table tennis player from Hungary.

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8. Gábor Gergely (b. 1953)

With an HPI of 43.10, Gábor Gergely is the 8th most famous Hungarian Table Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Gábor Gergely (born 21 June 1953, in Budapest) is a former international table tennis player from Hungary.

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9. Csilla Bátorfi (b. 1969)

With an HPI of 34.63, Csilla Bátorfi is the 9th most famous Hungarian Table Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Csilla Bátorfi (born 3 March 1969 in Szombathely) is a Hungarian table tennis player. She competed at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1988 (when the sport first appeared at the Games) to 2004. She won several titles in European Championships. She is the first female table tennis player to compete at five Olympics. Six men share this honor with her: Swede Jörgen Persson, Croatian Zoran Primorac, Belgian Jean-Michel Saive, Serbian-American Ilija Lupulesku, Swede Jan-Ove Waldner, and German Jörg Roßkopf. She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year in 1986 after becoming European champion the same year.

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10. Krisztina Tóth (b. 1974)

With an HPI of 34.08, Krisztina Tóth is the 10th most famous Hungarian Table Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Krisztina Tóth (born 29 May 1974 in Miskolc, Hungary) is a Hungarian table tennis player from Gödöllő (Hungary), who currently resides in Augsburg, Germany. She has won several medals in single, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships, the Table Tennis World Cup, and the World Table Tennis Championships.

People

Pantheon has 11 people classified as Hungarian table tennis players born between 1891 and 1985. Of these 11, 5 (45.45%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Hungarian table tennis players include Tibor Klampár, Gábor Gergely, and Csilla Bátorfi. The most famous deceased Hungarian table tennis players include Mária Mednyánszky, Miklós Szabados, and Zoltán Mechlovits. As of April 2024, 6 new Hungarian table tennis players have been added to Pantheon including Zoltán Mechlovits, Anna Sipos, and Gizella Farkas.

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Overlapping Lives

Which Table Tennis Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 6 most globally memorable Table Tennis Players since 1700.