István Jónyer

István Jónyer (born 4 August 1950 in Miskolc) is a male former international table tennis player from Hungary.

István Jónyer
Jónyer István (2019).
Personal information
Full nameJónyer, István
Nationality Hungary
Born (1950-08-04) 4 August 1950
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 1981 Novi Sad Team
Silver medal – second place 1979 Pyongyang Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1979 Pyongyang Team
Gold medal – first place 1975 Calcutta Singles
Gold medal – first place 1975 Calcutta Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1973 Sarajevo Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1971 Nagoya Doubles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1982 Budapest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1982 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Berne Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Berne Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1978 Duisburg Singles
Gold medal – first place 1978 Duisburg Team
Gold medal – first place 1974 Novi Sad Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1974 Novi Sad Team
Silver medal – second place 1972 Rotterdam Singles
Gold medal – first place 1972 Rotterdam Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Rotterdam Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Moscow Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Lyon Doubles

Table tennis career

He was one of the most dominant players of the sport in the 1970s and famous for inventing the sidespin loop shot. From 1968 to 1983 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Table Tennis European Championships. He is a 4-time World Champion and 4-time European Champion.[1]

The eight World Championship medals[2][3] included four gold medals; one in the men's singles, one in the men's team event and two in the men's doubles with Tibor Klampár and Gábor Gergely.[4][5]

He also won an English Open title.

See also

References
  1. "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16.
  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.


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