Alfred Liebster Explained

Alfred Peter Liebster
Fullname:Liebster Alfred
Birth Date:14 March 1910[1]
Birth Place:Vienna, Austria
Death Date:[2]
Death Place:Camden, London, England

Alfred Peter Liebster (14 March 1910, Vienna – 2000, Camden, London, England) was a male former international table tennis player from Austria.

Table tennis career

From 1928 to 1938 he won sixteen medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships[3] including two gold medals.[4] [5] [6] The golds were won in the men's doubles with Robert Thum at the 1928 World Table Tennis Championships and in the men's team event at the 1936 World Table Tennis Championships.[7]

He also won an English Open title.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Official information from the Vienna City and State Archives on May 10, 2012 - OTRS-Ticket
  2. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZF-XR9Z England and Wales Death Registration Index: Alfred Peter Liebster
  3. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123. 2018-02-28. 2018-09-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180922055935/http://sports123.com/tte/index.html. dead.
  4. Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
  5. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. 1987. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5. registration.
  6. Web site: ITTF_Database . 2013-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150214211045/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=4206 . 2015-02-14 . dead .
  7. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.