Beatrix Kisházi
Encyclopedia
Beatrix Kisházi is a retired Hungarian table tennis
player. She holds the record that winning four titles in the Europe Top-12
tournament.
tournament in 1971. In the finals she beat the Czech
player Ilona Vostová. The next two years she defended her title successfully in successive finals against the Romanian Alexandru Maria and her compatriot Judit Magos. Four years later Kisházi appeared on stage again and became the champion once more. In that year she defeated English
player Jill Hammersley in the final, who was going to win the tournament three times in the next four years.
Kisházi represented Hungary
in seven World Championships, six Europe Top-12 tournaments and six European Championships.
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
player. She holds the record that winning four titles in the Europe Top-12
Europe Top-12
The Europe Top-12 is an European table tennis tournament organized by the European Table Tennis Union on a yearly basis between the twelve strongest players in Europe. The tournament was first held in 1971 for both the men's and women's competition, adopting a single round-robin format...
tournament.
Career
Kisházi was the winner of the first edition Europe Top-12Europe Top-12
The Europe Top-12 is an European table tennis tournament organized by the European Table Tennis Union on a yearly basis between the twelve strongest players in Europe. The tournament was first held in 1971 for both the men's and women's competition, adopting a single round-robin format...
tournament in 1971. In the finals she beat the Czech
Czech people
Czechs, or Czech people are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries...
player Ilona Vostová. The next two years she defended her title successfully in successive finals against the Romanian Alexandru Maria and her compatriot Judit Magos. Four years later Kisházi appeared on stage again and became the champion once more. In that year she defeated English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
player Jill Hammersley in the final, who was going to win the tournament three times in the next four years.
Kisházi represented Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
in seven World Championships, six Europe Top-12 tournaments and six European Championships.
Honours
- Winner of Europe Top-12 in 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1977
- Winner of European Championships - National teams in 1972, 1978 and 1982
- Second runners-up of World CupTable Tennis World CupThe Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had been only men's singles until the inauguration of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions, the World Team Cup, were canceled until the relaunch in 2007, and now held in odd-numbered years...
- National teams in 1967 - Last sixteen of World Cup singles in 1969, 1973 and 1976