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Maria Alexandru
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Maria Alexandru (née Golopența;[2] 30 December 1939 – 27 November 2024) was a Romanian table tennis player.
Key Information
Table tennis career
[edit]From 1957 to 1980 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[3][4][5]
Between 1953 and 1979, she played in 12 World Championships, winning three gold medals[6][7] in the doubles competition.[8]
During her active career she played for Progresul Bucharest.[8] She also won eleven English Open titles including six in the singles.
Death
[edit]Alexandru died on 27 November 2024, at the age of 84.[9]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Evenimente interne" (in Romanian). Radio Iasi. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Maria Alexandru profile". European Table Tennis Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ a b "Anonimatul, drama unei sportive de top" (in Romanian). Romania libera. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Doliu în tenisul de masă românesc: A murit multipla campioană Maria Alexandru". Digi24. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
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