Mária Mednyánszky

She became the first official women's world champion winning the women's singles event gold medal in the first edition of the World Table Tennis Championships, held in 1926 at London.

[2] Only Angelica Rozeanu holds more women's singles titles than her.

[2] She won seven doubles titles including six consecutive wins with Anna Sipos.

She was awarded the Golden Order of the Hungarian People's Republic in 1976, Hungary's highest sporting honour.

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