Erwin_Kohn

Erwin Kohn

Erwin Kohn

Austrian table tennis player


Erwin Kohn (20 December 1911, in Baden 18 March 1994, in Mar del Plata) was a male international table tennis player from Austria.[1]

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Table tennis career

Kohn was Austria's national table tennis champion by the age of 16. From 1932 to 1936 he won eight medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2][3]

The nine World Championship medals included a gold medal in the team event at the 1936 World Table Tennis Championships for Austria.[4][5]

Personal life

He was of Jewish descent so fled to England in 1938 and then emigrated to Argentina.[6]

See also


References

  1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. Erwin Kohn - career results at the ITTF website
  3. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  4. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  5. "Hall of Fame". Jewish Sports.

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