Vilim Harangozo

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Vilim Harangozo
Harangozo (left) with Žarko Dolinar
Personal information
Nationality Yugoslavia
Born(1925-01-25)25 January 1925
Subotica, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died14 January 1975(1975-01-14) (aged 49)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Yugoslavia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1955 Utrecht Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1954 Wembley Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1951 Vienna Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1951 Vienna Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Budapest Singles

Vilim Harangozo (Hungarian: Harangozó Vilim, Serbian Cyrillic: Вилим Харангозо) was an ethnic Hungarian former table tennis player from Yugoslavia.

Table tennis career[edit]

From 1951 to 1958 Harangozo won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[1]

His four World Championship medals[2][3] included a gold medal in the doubles at the 1954 World Table Tennis Championships with Žarko Dolinar.[4][5]

He also won three English Open titles.

Football[edit]

Harangozo also played as footballer at FK Spartak Subotica in the Yugoslav First League during the late 1940s.[6] He scored the first ever first league goal of Spartak and it was against giants Red Star Belgrade. He also played with FK Bratstvo Subotica in the 1948–49 season.[7]

Personal life[edit]

His older brother Tibor Harangozo (1922–1978) was also an international table tennis player.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  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.
  6. ^ History of football in Subotica at Sportski savez Subotice, Retrieved 9 September 2013 (in Serbian)
  7. ^ Lučonoše Jugoslovenskog fudbala - Monografija FK Bačka Subotica 1901-2001, pag. 57 (in Serbian)

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