Erwin Kohn

Austrian table tennis player

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Erwin Kohn
Full name	Kohn Erwin
Nationality	Austria
Born	(1911-12-20)December 20, 1911 Baden bei Wien
Died	(1994-03-18)March 18, 1994 Mar del Plata
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing  Austria World Championships 1936 Prague Team 1935 London Singles 1935 London Team 1934 Paris Team 1933 Baden Doubles 1933 Baden Team 1932 Prague Singles 1932 Prague Team

Erwin Kohn (20 December 1911, in Baden – 18 March 1994, in Mar del Plata) was a male international table tennis player from Austria.^[1]

Table tennis career

Kohn was Austria's national table tennis champion by the age of 16. From 1932 to 1936 he won eight medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.^[2][3]

The nine World Championship medals included a gold medal in the team event at the 1936 World Table Tennis Championships for Austria.^[4][5]

Personal life

He was of Jewish descent so fled to England in 1938 and then emigrated to Argentina.^[6]

See also

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

References

1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
3. Erwin Kohn - career results at the ITTF website
4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
5. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
6. "Hall of Fame". Jewish Sports.

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