János Takács

For the Hungarian Olympic wrestler, see János Takács (wrestler).

János Takács

Personal information
Nationality	Hungary
Born	(1954-12-05)5 December 1954 Budapest, Hungary
Died	2 September 2025(2025-09-02) (aged 70) Geneva, Switzerland
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing  Hungary World Table Tennis Championships 1979 Pyongyang Men's team

János Takács (5 December 1954 – 2 September 2025) was a Hungarian international table tennis player.^[1]

Takács won a gold medal at the 1979 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Gábor Gergely, István Jónyer, Tibor Klampár, and Tibor Kreisz for Hungary.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Takács died in Geneva, Switzerland on 2 September 2025, at the age of 70.^[7]

See also

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

References

1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
2. "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. 9 February 2024.
3. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
4. "List of Gold and silver medal Winners". All About Table Tennis.
5. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
6. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
7. Zsombor, Péter (2 September 2025). "Meghalt Takács János világbajnok asztaliteniszező". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 3 September 2025.