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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

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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

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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

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References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Agnes Simon.
  1. ^ Simone Hinz (19 August 2020). Deutscher Tischtennisbund (DTTB) (ed.). "Ehemalige Doppel-Weltmeisterin Agnes Simon ist verstorben". Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  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 22 September 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  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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