Ilona Kerekes

Kerekes Ilona (born Sólyom; 25 October 1926 – October 2023) was a Hungarian international table tennis player.[1]

Kerekes Ilona
Personal information
Nationality Hungary
Born(1926-10-25)25 October 1926
Bocșa, Romania
DiedOctober 2023 (aged 97)
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
World Table Tennis Championships
Silver medal – second place1950Women's Team
Silver medal – second place1954Women's Team

Table tennis career

Kerekes won two medals in the World Table Tennis Championships and three medals in the Table Tennis European Championships.[2]

Kerekes won two silver medals in 1950 and 1954 in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event).[3][4]

Kerekes was also the runner-up in the European Championship final losing to Éva Kóczián in the final.[5]

Death

Kerekes died in October 2023, at the age of 97.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. "List of Gold and silver medal Winners". All About Table Tennis.
  4. "The Most Successful Hungarian Table Tennis Players". sportszertar.
  5. "European Championship Special" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  6. Elhunyt a vb-ezüstérmes Sólyom Ilona (in Hungarian)


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