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Adolf Šlár
Personal information
Nationality Czech Republic
Born(1919-02-14)14 February 1919
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died7 April 1987(1987-04-07) (aged 68)
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Men's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1937 Men's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1937 Men's Team
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Men's Team
Silver medal – second place 1947 Men's Team
Gold medal – first place 1947 Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1947 Men's Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1954 Men's Team
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Men's Doubles

Adolf Šlár (14 February 1919 – 7 April 1987)[1] was a Czech international table tennis player.[2]

Table tennis career

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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

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He was a Ministry of Foreign Trade official in Prague.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Profile at the Biographical Dictionary of the Historical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
  2. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  3. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  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. ^ "Veterans Lead" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2018-02-26.