József Kóczián

József Kóczián

Personal information
Nationality	Hungary  Sweden
Born	(1926-08-04)4 August 1926
Died	10 December 2009(2009-12-10) (aged 83)
Sport
Sport	Table tennis
Medal record Representing  Hungary World Table Tennis Championships 1949 Men's Team 1952 Men's Team 1953 Men's Doubles 1950 Men's Team 1951 Men's Team 1951 Men's Doubles 1952 Men's Singles 1953 Men's Team 1951 Mixed Doubles 1952 Mixed Doubles 1953 Men's Singles 1953 Mixed Doubles 1955 Men's Doubles 1955 Men's Team

The native form of this personal name is Kóczián József. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

József Kóczián (4 August 1926 – 10 December 2009) was a Hungarian table tennis player, who won three world championships during his career.

Table tennis career

Following the Second World War, he made his first World Championships appearance in 1947 in Paris. He was a regular at the global event until 1959 when he made his final bow in Dortmund, Germany representing Sweden. József's sister Éva was also a table tennis player.[1]

Medal Count

He won a total of 14 medals at World Championships[2][3] during that 12-year period; notably clinching three gold medals.[4][5] In 1949/Stockholm and 1952/Bombay he was a member of the successful Hungarian team that won the Swaythling Cup. In 1953 he partnered with fellow Hungarian Ferenc Sidó to clinch the top prize in the Men's Doubles competition.[6]

See also

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

References

1. "Kóczián Éva". Napkut.
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.
6. Profile of József Kóczián Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Biodata