Matei Gantner Explained

Matei Gantner
Birth Date: 1934
Death Date:2023 (aged 89)

Matei Gantner (1934–2023) was a Romanian international table tennis player.

Gantner won a bronze medal at the 1956 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event)[1] with Toma Reiter, Tiberiu Harasztosi, Paul Pesch and Mircea Popescu for Romania.[2]

He also won the national Championships seven times, three in singles (1954, 1958, 1960), two in doubles (1955, 1957 with Toma Reiter) and two in mixed (1957 and 1958 with Ella Zeller in addition to a bronze medal in the 1958 European Championships.[3]

Gantner died in 2023, at the age of 89.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swaythling Cup results. tischtennis-infos.de.
  2. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
  3. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
  4. News: Borussia Düsseldorf Trauert Um Matthias Gantner . 9 November 2024 . Borussia Düsseldorf . 15 November 2023.