Agnes Simon

For other people named Ágnes Simon, see Ágnes Simon (disambiguation).

Agnes Simon (née Almási; 21 June 1935 – 19 August 2020^[1]) was an international table tennis player from Hungary.

Agnes Simon
Agnes Simon in 1962
Personal information
Full name	Ágnes Simon-Almási
Nationality	Hungary  Netherlands  West Germany
Born	21 June 1935 Budapest
Died	19 August 2020(2020-08-19) (aged 85)
Medal record Table tennis Representing  West Germany European Championships 1976 Prague Doubles 1972 Rotterdam Team 1970 Moscow Doubles 1968 Lyon Team 1966 London Doubles 1962 Berlin Singles 1962 Berlin Doubles 1962 Berlin Mixed doubles 1962 Berlin Team Representing  Hungary World Championships 1957 Stockholm Doubles 1954 Wembley Team 1953 Bucharest Team

Personal life

After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, she fled to Sweden to seek political asylum, together with her husband and coach Béla Simon.^[2][3] They were accepted in the Netherlands and then in West Germany; thus Simon competed for the Netherlands in 1959–1960 and for West Germany since 1962.

Table tennis career

From 1953 to 1976, she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.^[4]

Her three World Championship medals^[5][6] included a gold medal in the doubles at the 1957 World Table Tennis Championships with Lívia Mossóczy.^[7][8]

She also won three English Open titles.

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

1. Simone Hinz (19 August 2020). Deutscher Tischtennisbund (DTTB) (ed.). "Ehemalige Doppel-Weltmeisterin Agnes Simon ist verstorben". Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
2. "Hungarian Table Tennis Star Again Seeks Asylum From Reds". The Hartford Courant. 21 March 1957. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
3. "ATHLETE ASKS ASYLUM; Hungarian Table Tennis Star Seeks to Join Husband". The New York Times. 20 March 1957. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
4. SIMON-ALMASI Agnes (FRG) Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine. ittf.com
5. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
6. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
7. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
8. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.