| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Czech Republic |
| Born | (1919-02-14)14 February 1919 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | 7 April 1987(1987-04-07) (aged 68) |
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Adolf Šlár (14 February 1919 – 7 April 1987)[1] was a Czech international table tennis player.[2]
Table tennis career
He won nine medals at the World Table Tennis Championships from 1935 to 1954.[3] This included two gold medals at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships in the team event and in the men's doubles with Václav Tereba respectively.[4][5]
He also won an English Open title.
Personal life
He was a Ministry of Foreign Trade official in Prague.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Profile at the Biographical Dictionary of the Historical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Veterans Lead" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
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