Bohumil Váňa

Bohumil Váňa (17 January 1920 – 4 November 1989) was a male international table tennis player from Czechoslovakia who was born and died in Prague.^[1]

Bohumil Váňa

Personal information
Full name	Bohumil Váňa
Nationality	Czechoslovakia
Born	(1920-01-17)17 January 1920 Prague
Died	4 November 1989(1989-11-04) (aged 69)
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing  Czechoslovakia World Championships 1955 Utrecht Team 1953 Bucharest Doubles 1953 Bucharest Team 1951 Vienna Doubles 1951 Vienna Mixed Doubles 1951 Vienna Team 1950 Budapest Doubles 1950 Budapest Mixed Doubles 1950 Budapest Team 1949 Stockholm Singles 1949 Stockholm Doubles 1949 Stockholm Mixed Doubles 1949 Stockholm Team 1948 Wembley Singles 1948 Wembley Doubles 1948 Wembley Mixed Doubles 1948 Wembley Team 1947 Paris Singles 1947 Paris Doubles 1947 Paris Team 1939 Cairo Singles 1939 Cairo Mixed Doubles 1939 Cairo Team 1938 Wembley Singles 1938 Wembley Mixed Doubles 1938 Wembley Team 1937 Baden Mixed Doubles 1937 Baden Team 1936 Prague Team 1935 Wembley Team

Table tennis career

From 1935 to 1955 he won 30 medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.^[2] This included 13 gold medals.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} He also won five English Open titles.

See also

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

References

1. "Bohumil Váňa biography". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
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. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
6. "Stats". ITTF.
7. "Champions". USATT. Archived from the original on 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2011-05-23.