Michel Haguenauer

French table tennis player (1916–2000)

Michel Haguenauer

Personal information

Nationality|  France
Born| (1916-01-22)22 January 1916
Died| 25 August 2000(2000-08-25) (aged 84)

Medal record

Representing  France
World Table Tennis Championships
| 1936 | Men's team
| 1939 | Men's doubles
| 1947 | Men's team
| 1948 | Men's team
| 1950 | Men's team
| 1953 | Men's team
| 1954 | Men's doubles

Michel Haguenauer (1916–2000), was a male French international table tennis player.[1]

He won a five medals in the team event at the World Table Tennis Championships. In addition he won a bronze medal at the 1939 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's doubles with Raoul Bedoc and in 1954 he won a silver medal at the 1936 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's doubles with the legendary Viktor Barna.[2][3]

He won 22 French national titles including eight singles events between 1933 and 1950. He famously played in a match against Marin Vasile-Goldberger that lasted 7 hours 35 minutes before the match was stopped.[4]

He was elected "glory of French sport", and his name is engraved at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin (Paris).

## 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. ^ "Men's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
3. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
4. ^ "Un peu d'histoire !". Gargenville Tennis De Table.

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