Adolf Šlár

Adolf Šlár (14 February 1919 – 7 April 1987)[1] was a male Czech international table tennis player.[2]

Adolf Šlár
Personal information
Nationality Czech Republic
Born(1919-02-14)14 February 1919
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died7 April 1987(1987-04-07) (aged 68)
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place1936Men's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place1937Men's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place1937Men's Team
Bronze medal – third place1938Men's Team
Silver medal – second place1947Men's Team
Gold medal – first place1947Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1947Men's Doubles
Silver medal – second place1954Men's Team
Bronze medal – third place1954Men's Doubles

Table tennis career

He won nine medals at the World Table Tennis Championships from 1935 to 1954.[3] This included two gold medals at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships in the team event and in the men's doubles with Václav Tereba respectively.[4][5]

He also won an English Open title.

Personal life

He was a Ministry of Foreign Trade official in Prague.[6]

See also

References
  1. Profile at the Biographical Dictionary of the Historical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
  2. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  3. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  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. "Veterans Lead" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2018-02-26.


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