Ferenc Sidó
Full nameSIDÓ Ferenc
Nationality Hungary
Born(1923-04-18)18 April 1923
Died6 February 1998(1998-02-06) (aged 74)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1961 Beijing Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1961 Beijing Team
Silver medal – second place 1959 Dortmund Singles
Silver medal – second place 1959 Dortmund Team
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Stockholm Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1957 Stockholm Team
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Utrecht Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Utrecht Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Utrecht Team
Gold medal – first place 1953 Bucharest Singles
Gold medal – first place 1953 Bucharest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1953 Bucharest Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1953 Bucharest Team
Gold medal – first place 1952 Bombay Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1952 Bombay Team
Bronze medal – third place 1951 Vienna Singles
Silver medal – second place 1951 Vienna Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1951 Vienna Team
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Budapest Singles
Gold medal – first place 1950 Budapest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1950 Budapest Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1950 Budapest Team
Gold medal – first place 1949 Stockholm Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1949 Stockholm Team
Bronze medal – third place 1948 Wembley Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1947 Paris Singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1960 Zagreb Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1960 Zagreb Team
Silver medal – second place 1958 Budapest Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1958 Budapest Team

Ferenc Sidó (18 April 1923 in Pata – 6 February 1998 in Budapest) was an ethnic Hungarian international table tennis player from Slovakia.

Table tennis career

From 1947 to 1961 he won 26 medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships[1][2][3]

The 26 medals included nine gold medals; one in the men's singles, two in the men's doubles with József Kóczián and Ferenc Soos, two in the men's team event and four in the mixed doubles with Gizi Farkas and Angelica Rozeanu.[4][5]

He also won four English Open titles.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  2. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  3. ↑ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16.
  4. ↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. ↑ 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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