Kerekes Ilona
Personal information
Nationality Hungary
Born(1926-10-25)25 October 1926
Bocșa, Romania
DiedOctober 2023 (aged 97)
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
World Table Tennis Championships
Silver medal – second place1950Women's Team
Silver medal – second place1954Women's Team

Kerekes Ilona (born Sólyom; 25 October 1926 – October 2023) was a Hungarian international table tennis player.[1]

Table tennis career

Kerekes won two medals in the World Table Tennis Championships and three medals in the Table Tennis European Championships.[2]

Kerekes won two silver medals in 1950 and 1954 in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event).[3][4]

Kerekes was also the runner-up in the European Championship final losing to Éva Kóczián in the final.[5]

Death

Kerekes died in October 2023, at the age of 97.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ↑ "List of Gold and silver medal Winners". All About Table Tennis.
  4. ↑ "The Most Successful Hungarian Table Tennis Players". sportszertar.
  5. ↑ "European Championship Special" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Elhunyt a vb-ezüstérmes Sólyom Ilona (in Hungarian)


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