Tibor Klampár

Tibor Klampár (born 30 April 1953) is a former international table tennis player from Hungary.

Tibor Klampár
Tibor Klampár in 2019
Personal information
Full name	KLAMPÁR Tibor
Nationality	Hungary
Born	(1953-04-30) 30 April 1953 (age 71)
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Table tennis career
Playing style	Right-handed, Shakehand grip
Highest ranking	3 (July 1979)
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing  Hungary World Championships Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 2 3 1 European Championships 3 1 6 World Cup 1 0 0 Europe Top-12/Top-16 1 0 0 World Championships 1971 Nagoya Doubles 1979 Pyongyang Team 1973 Sarajevo Doubles 1979 Pyongyang Doubles 1981 Novi Sad Team World Cup 1981 Kuala Lumpur Singles European Championships 1974 Novi Sad Doubles 1978 Duisburg Team 1982 Budapest Team 1974 Novi Sad Team 1978 Duisburg Mixed Doubles 1970 Moscow Doubles 1980 Berne Doubles 1982 Budapest Singles

Table tennis career

From 1970 to 1982 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Table Tennis European Championships. He won the gold medal in a single event of the Table Tennis World Cup in 1981.^[1]

Klampár was the first player to use speed glue in the late 1980s. He played Liang Geliang, a top Chinese defender at the time and beat him convincingly after applying speed glue to his racket as Liang, or any of the top Chinese players at the time, had not experienced playing against an opponent using speed glue.

His five World Championship medals^[2][3] included two gold medals in the doubles with István Jónyer at the 1971 World Table Tennis Championships and the team event at the 1979 World Table Tennis Championships.^[4][5]

On the professional tour circuit, Klampar won 10 singles and 12 doubles titles in his career, including two English Open titles.

See also

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

References

1. "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012.
2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
3. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
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.

External links

• Tibor Klampar at Table Tennis Media