Richard Bergmann

Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann in 1950
Personal information
Nationality England  Austria
Born10 April 1919
Vienna, Austria
Died5 April 1970 (aged 50)[1]
London Borough of Wandsworth, UK
Medal record
Table tennis
Representing  Austria
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1938 Wembley Singles
Silver medal – second place 1938 Wembley Team
Gold medal – first place 1937 Baden Singles
Silver medal – second place 1937 Baden Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Prague Singles
Gold medal – first place 1936 Prague Team
Representing  England
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Utrecht Team
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Wembley Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Wembley Team
Silver medal – second place 1953 Bucharest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1953 Bucharest Team
Silver medal – second place 1952 Bombay Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1952 Bombay Team
Gold medal – first place 1950 Budapest Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 1949 Stockholm Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1949 Stockholm Team
Gold medal – first place 1948 Wembley Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1948 Wembley Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1948 Wembley Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1939 Cairo Singles
Gold medal – first place 1939 Cairo Doubles

Richard Bergmann (10 April 1919 – 5 April 1970) was an Austrian-British international table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total.[2] He is considered to be one of the greatest players in history, only Viktor Barna has won more World Championship gold medals in singles.

  1. ^ Vladimir Samsonov Receives Swaythling Club Fair Play Award in Paris Archived 6 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. ittf.com. 21 May 2013
  2. ^ "BERGMANN Richard (ENG)". Ittf.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2011.