Pavel Löwy
Pavel Löwy is a male former Czech international table tennis player.[1]
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Medal record
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Table tennis career
He won a bronze medal in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) at the 1937 World Table Tennis Championships with Miloslav Hamr, Stanislav Kolář, Adolf Šlár, Bohumil Váňa.[2]
Personal life
He was of Jewish origin and played for the Hagibor Prague club.[3] He was sent to a concentration camp during the war and was possibly killed there. There is no record of further table tennis involvement after the war.[4][3]
References
- "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- "Czechoslovakian Table Tennis Association" (PDF). Degruyter.
- "1931-1940" (PDF). Palacky University in Olomouc Faculty of Physical Culture.
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