Gábor Gergely
Gábor Gergely [ ɡa ː bor ɡɛrɡɛj ] ( born June 21, 1953 in Budapest) was in the 1970s and 1980s, to the best table tennis players in the world.
Start of career
Gergely first played at MTK Budapest football, but turned to a knee injury at age 14 the table tennis. He was trained by two-time European champion Péter Rózsás. His initial penholder style he changed into the "normal" bat attitude. In 1970 he played for the first time in the Hungarian national team, in 1971 he won against Stellan Bengtsson.
Best Merits
After he was able to win in 1975 with István Jonyer the gold medal in men's doubles, he was also a member of that 1979 Hungarian team by a 5-1 victory broke through years of Chinese domination in the men's table tennis in the final. At the European Championships 1978 in Duisburg, he won three titles ( men's team, single, double ). In the same year he also won the ranking tournament Europe TOP - 12th In 1980 he won with the club BVSC Budapest the European Champions Cup of the season 1979/80, 1975 and 1981 with István Jonyer the Hungarian championship in doubles.
Activities as a senior
In 1985 the Austrian State Gergely League Club Wolkersdorf. Currently ( October 2006) he plays in the first team of SV Salamander Kornwestheim 1894 in the county class.
Private
Gergely is married to Eva since 1974. He has two daughters (Barbara and Noemi ). Mid-1990s, he was sports director of the Budapest Times May Nap. As a TV commentator, he transferred table tennis competitions.
Achievements
- Participation in World Table Tennis Championships 1975 in Calcutta 1st doubles (with István Jonyer )
- 2nd place men's team
- 3rd place with men's team
- Participation in European Championships 1974 in Novi Sad 2nd single ( behind Milan Orlowski )
- 2nd place men's team
- 4th place with men's team
- 3rd doubles (with Milan Orlowski )
- More 1978 1st place in Prague at the European ranking tournament top 12
- 1978 victory in the European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup with the team BVSC Budapest
Results from the ITTF database