Maria Alexandru Explained

Maria Alexandru
Fullname:Maria Alexandru
Playingstyle:Shakehand grip
Birth Date:30 December 1939
Birth Place:Plugova[1]

Maria Alexandru (née Golopența)[2] (born 30 December 1939 in Plugova) is a former Romanian table tennis player.

Table tennis career

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Evenimente interne. ro. Radio Iasi. May 29, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140529122756/http://www.radioiasi.ro/30-12-2012-fila-de-calendar-e2071.html. May 29, 2014.
  2. Web site: Maria Alexandru profile. European Table Tennis Hall of Fame.
  3. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
  4. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
  5. Web site: ITTF_Database. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121016063108/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=149&NAMES=ALEXANDRU-GOLOPENTA+Maria+(ROU)&Assoc1=ROU&Assoc=&s_Gender=&s_Names=alexandru&. 2012-10-16.
  6. Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
  7. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. 1987. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5. registration.
  8. Web site: Anonimatul, drama unei sportive de top. Romania libera. ro. May 29, 2014.

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