Agnes Simon
Agnes Simon in 1962
Personal information
Full nameÁgnes Simon-Almási
Nationality Hungary  Netherlands  West Germany
Born21 June 1935
Budapest
Died19 August 2020(2020-08-19) (aged 85)
Medal record
Table tennis
Representing  West Germany
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Prague Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1972 Rotterdam Team
Silver medal – second place 1970 Moscow Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1968 Lyon Team
Bronze medal – third place 1966 London Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1962 Berlin Singles
Silver medal – second place 1962 Berlin Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1962 Berlin Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 1962 Berlin Team
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1957 Stockholm Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1954 Wembley Team
Bronze medal – third place 1953 Bucharest Team

Agnes Simon (née Almási; 21 June 1935 – 19 August 2020[1]) was an international table tennis player from Hungary.

Personal life

After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, she fled to Sweden to seek political asylum, together with her husband and coach Béla Simon.[2][3] They were accepted in the Netherlands and then in West Germany; thus Simon competed for the Netherlands in 1959–1960 and for West Germany since 1962.

Table tennis career

From 1953 to 1976, she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[4]

Her three World Championship medals[5][6] included a gold medal in the doubles at the 1957 World Table Tennis Championships with Lívia Mossóczy.[7][8]

She also won three English Open titles.

See also

References

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  1. ↑ Simone Hinz (2020-08-19). Deutscher Tischtennisbund (DTTB) (ed.). "Ehemalige Doppel-Weltmeisterin Agnes Simon ist verstorben". Archived from the original on 2021-07-11. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  2. ↑ "Hungarian Table Tennis Star Again Seeks Asylum From Reds". The Hartford Courant. 21 March 1957. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "ATHLETE ASKS ASYLUM; Hungarian Table Tennis Star Seeks to Join Husband". The New York Times. 20 March 1957. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  4. ↑ SIMON-ALMASI Agnes (FRG) Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine. ittf.com
  5. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  6. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  7. ↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  8. ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.


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