About Ferenc Sidó
Lived 1923 – 1998 (aged 74). Ferenc Sidó was a Hungarian table tennis player, sports official, coach and association football player.
Ferenc Sidó (18 April 1923 in Pata – 6 February 1998 in Budapest) was a Hungarian international table tennis player. He was born in an ethnic Hungarian family in present-day Slovakia.
Table tennis career From 1947 to 1961 he won 26 medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships
The 26 medals included nine gold medals; one in the men's singles, two in the men's doubles with József Kóczián and Ferenc Soos, two in the men's team event and four in the mixed doubles with Gizi Farkas and Angelica Rozeanu.
He also won four English Open titles.
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Who was Ferenc Sidó?
Hungarian table tennis player (1923–1998)
When was Ferenc Sidó born?
Ferenc Sidó was born on 18 April 1923 in Pata.
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Ferenc Sidó died on 6 February 1998 in Budapest.
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Ferenc Sidó was a table tennis player, sports official, coach and association football player.
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Ferenc Sidó was Hungarian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ferenc Sidó. https://biography.guide/ferenc-sido/
MLA: "Ferenc Sidó." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ferenc-sido/.
Chicago: "Ferenc Sidó." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/ferenc-sido/.
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