Richard Bergmann

Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann in 1950
Personal information
Nationality	England  Austria
Born	10 April 1919 Vienna, Austria
Died	5 April 1970 (aged 50)[1] London Borough of Wandsworth, UK
Medal record Table tennis Competitor for  England World Championships 1955 Utrecht Team 1954 Wembley Singles 1954 Wembley Team 1953 Bucharest Doubles 1953 Bucharest Team 1952 Bombay Doubles 1952 Bombay Team 1950 Budapest Singles 1950 Budapest Team 1949 Stockholm Doubles 1949 Stockholm Team 1948 Wembley Singles 1948 Wembley Doubles 1948 Wembley Mixed Doubles 1939 Cairo Singles 1939 Cairo Doubles Competitor for  Austria World Championships 1938 Wembley Singles 1938 Wembley Team 1937 Baden Singles 1937 Baden Doubles 1936 Prague Singles 1936 Prague Team

Richard Bergmann (10 April 1919 – 5 April 1970) was an Austrian and British 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]

Legacy

Bergmann was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1982,^[3] and into the International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame in 1993 as one of twelve founding members.^[4] Since 1967, the Richard Bergmann Fair Play Trophy is contested at the Liebherr World Championships.^[1]

See also

• List of select Jewish table tennis players

References

1. Vladimir Samsonov Receives Swaythling Club Fair Play Award in Paris. ittf.com. 21 May 2013
2. "BERGMANN Richard (ENG)". Ittf.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
3. "Richard Bergmann". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
4. "ITTF Hall of Fame" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 29 July 2010.