Ilona Kerekes

Hungarian table tennis player (1926–2023)

Kerekes Ilona

Personal information

Nationality|  Hungary
Born| (1926-10-25)25 October 1926
Bocșa, Romania
Died| October 2023 (aged 97)

Medal record

Representing  Hungary
World Table Tennis Championships
| 1950 | Women's Team
| 1954 | Women's Team

Kerekes Ilona (born Sólyom; 25 October 1926 – October 2023) was a Hungarian international table tennis player.[1]

## Table tennis career

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Kerekes won two medals in the World Table Tennis Championships and three medals in the Table Tennis European Championships.[2]

Kerekes won two silver medals in 1950 and 1954 in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event).[3][4]

Kerekes was also the runner-up in the European Championship final losing to Éva Kóczián in the final.[5]

## Death

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Kerekes died in October 2023, at the age of 97.[6]

## See also

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* List of table tennis players
* List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

## References

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1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
3. ^ "List of Gold and silver medal Winners". All About Table Tennis.
4. ^ "The Most Successful Hungarian Table Tennis Players". sportszertar.
5. ^ "European Championship Special" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
6. ^ Elhunyt a vb-ezüstérmes Sólyom Ilona (in Hungarian)

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