Person Open DS/UK/6847 Barna; Viktor Gyozo (24 August 1911-27 February 1972); Hungarian table tennis player Barna Viktor Gyozo 24 August 1911-27 February 1972 Hungarian table tennis player Male (cisgender) Gyozo Braun Budapest, Austria-Hungary (born)

Lima, Peru (died)

Hungarian English Sports | Table Tennis White No known disability Jewish Heterosexual Viktor Barna was a Hungarian and British champion table tennis player as well as a record five times singles World Champion. He won 41 World Championship medals and also won 20 English Open titles. Barna's birth name was Gyozo Braun, but, because of anti-Semitism in Hungary at the time, he changed his name to a Hungarian-sounding name. During the Second World War, he joined the British army as a parachutist, and fought in Yugoslavia. After the British withdrew from Yugoslavia, Barna remained in England. Later he became a representative for the Dunlop Sports Company and continued traveling the world in this capacity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Barna (2023) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 8/14/2013 RAHAKirkbride 10/25/2023 f145cc58-41c0-4d41-91b9-fef94ce0ec19