István Jónyer

István Jónyer
Jónyer István (2019).
Personal information
Full nameJónyer, István
Nationality Hungary
Born (1950-08-04) 4 August 1950
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking1 (January 1977)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
1983 Tokyo Team
1981 Novi Sad Team
1979 Pyongyang Doubles
1979 Pyongyang Team
1975 Calcutta Singles
1975 Calcutta Doubles
1973 Sarajevo Doubles
1971 Nagoya Doubles
European Championships
1982 Budapest Doubles
1982 Budapest Team
1980 Berne Doubles
1980 Berne Mixed Doubles
1980 Berne Team
1978 Duisburg Singles
1978 Duisburg Team
1974 Novi Sad Doubles
1974 Novi Sad Team
1972 Rotterdam Singles
1972 Rotterdam Doubles
1972 Rotterdam Mixed Doubles
1972 Rotterdam Team
1970 Moscow Doubles
1968 Lyon Doubles

István Jónyer (born 4 August 1950 in Miskolc) is a former international table tennis player from Hungary. In 1975, Jonyer became the World champion in singles event.

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]

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

On the professional circuit, Jonyer won 4 singles and 11 doubles titles in his career, including English Open title in doubles event.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012.
  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.
  6. ^ "Players - Istvan Jonyer". Table Tennis Media.


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