Richard Bergmann

Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann in 1950
Personal information
Nationality England  Austria
Born10 April 1919
Vienna, Austria
Died5 April 1970 (aged 50)
London Borough of Wandsworth, UK
Medal record
Table tennis
Representing  Austria
World Championships
1938 WembleySingles
1938 WembleyTeam
1937 BadenSingles
1937 BadenDoubles
1936 PragueSingles
1936 PragueTeam
Representing  England
World Championships
1955 UtrechtTeam
1954 WembleySingles
1954 WembleyTeam
1953 BucharestDoubles
1953 BucharestTeam
1952 BombayDoubles
1952 BombayTeam
1950 BudapestSingles
1950 BudapestTeam
1949 StockholmDoubles
1949 StockholmTeam
1948 WembleySingles
1948 WembleyDoubles
1948 WembleyMixed Doubles
1939 CairoSingles
1939 CairoDoubles

Richard Bergmann (10 April 1919 – 5 April 1970) was an Austrian-British international table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total. He is considered to be one of the greatest players in history, only Viktor Barna has won more World Championship gold medals in singles.