# Agnes Simon

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**Agnes Simon** (*[née](/source/Birth_name)* **Almási**; 21 June 1935 – 19 August 2020[1]) was an international [table tennis](/source/Table_tennis) player from [Hungary](/source/Hungary).

## Personal life

After the [Hungarian Revolution of 1956](/source/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956), she fled to Sweden to seek political asylum, together with her husband and coach [Béla Simon](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Simon).[2][3] They were accepted in the Netherlands and then in [West Germany](/source/West_Germany); thus Simon competed for the Netherlands in 1959–1960 and for West Germany since 1962.

## Table tennis career

From 1953 to 1976, she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the [Table Tennis European Championships](/source/Table_Tennis_European_Championships) and in the [World Table Tennis Championships](/source/World_Table_Tennis_Championships).[4]

Her three World Championship medals[5][6] included a [gold medal](/source/Gold_medal) in the doubles at the [1957 World Table Tennis Championships](/source/1957_World_Table_Tennis_Championships) with [Lívia Mossóczy](/source/L%C3%ADvia_Moss%C3%B3czy).[7][8]

She also won three [English Open](/source/English_Open_(table_tennis)) titles.

## See also

- [List of table tennis players](/source/List_of_table_tennis_players)
- [List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists](/source/List_of_World_Table_Tennis_Championships_medalists)

## References

1. Simone Hinz (2020-08-19). ["Ehemalige Doppel-Weltmeisterin Agnes Simon ist verstorben"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210711190842/https://www.tischtennis.de/news/ex-weltmeisterin-agnes-simon-ist-verstorben.html). Deutscher Tischtennisbund (DTTB) (ed.). Archived from [the original](https://www.tischtennis.de/news/ex-weltmeisterin-agnes-simon-ist-verstorben.html) on 2021-07-11. Retrieved 2020-08-22.

1. ["Hungarian Table Tennis Star Again Seeks Asylum From Reds"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121106224646/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/899850932.html?dids=899850932:899850932&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+21,+1957&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Hungarian+Table+Tennis+Star+Again+Seeks+Asylum+From+Reds&pqatl=google). *The Hartford Courant*. 21 March 1957. Archived from [the original](https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/899850932.html?dids=899850932:899850932&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+21%2C+1957&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Hungarian+Table+Tennis+Star+Again+Seeks+Asylum+From+Reds&pqatl=google) on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2011.

1. ["ATHLETE ASKS ASYLUM; Hungarian Table Tennis Star Seeks to Join Husband"](https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/21/archives/athlete-asks-asylum-hungarian-table-tennis-star-seeks-to-join.html). *The New York Times*. 20 March 1957. Retrieved 1 June 2011.

1. [SIMON-ALMASI Agnes (FRG)](http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=6580) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121017020525/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=6580) 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine. ittf.com

1. ["Table Tennis World Championship medal winners"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180922055935/http://sports123.com/tte/index.html). Sports123. Archived from [the original](http://sports123.com/tte/index.html) on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-02-28.

1. ["Profile"](https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=agnes-simon-126536). Table Tennis Guide.

1. Montague, Trevor (2004). *A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700*. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.

1. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). [*The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312*](https://archive.org/details/guinnessencyclop00matt). Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.

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