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Bernard Francis Hock (August 12, 1912 – August 18, 1999) was a table tennis "bat maker", considered a world-class pioneer in the design and fabrication of table tennis rackets (known as "bats" in Britain, and "paddles" in the U.S. and Canada). Many of the great American players of the classic "Table Tennis Era" exclusively used Hock rackets.
This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is available in the individual players' articles, and in the ITTF database.
Diagram of a table tennis table showing the official dimensions. The table is 2.74 m (9.0 ft) long, 1.525 m (5.0 ft) wide, and 76 cm (2.5 ft) high with any continuous material so long as the table yields a uniform bounce of about 23 cm (9.1 in) when a standard ball is dropped onto it from a height of 30 cm (11.8 in), or about 77%.
Table tennis in the United States is regulated by USA Table Tennis. [1] USATT Historian Tim Boggan has written a volume of books entitled “History of U.S. Table Tennis” to give the readers a brief overview of how the sport of table tennis came to be. There are a total of 19 books in the series.
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Players of table tennis from all corners of the world recall him, whether they faced him on the court or appreciated his outstanding skills from afar. Through his unique personality and exceptional athletic accomplishments, Tova Stipančić made an enduring impact and became a part of the history of sports, the world at large, Croatia, and his ...
He and Cartland performed a comedy table tennis routine as the opening act for the Harlem Globetrotters. Reisman won 22 major table tennis titles from 1946 to 2002, including two United States Opens and a British Open. [5] In later life, Reisman continued to be one of the most visible presences and known personalities in the table tennis world.