World Masters Championships 2024 Wraps Up: Ciao Rome, Annyeong Gangneung!
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As the World Masters Championships Rome 2024 concludes, the ITTF extends heartfelt congratulations to all the World Masters Champions, medalists, and participants who made this event truly special. More photos can be viewed on the ITTF Flickr account. We look forward to seeing you all again in Gangneung, Korea Republic, for the World Masters Championships 2026!
Singles
WS40
1. Marina DONNER (FIN)
2. Marialucia DI MEO (ITA)
3. Emilia KIJOK (POL)
3. Sofia WESTHOLM (SWE)
MS40
1. Joao MONTEIRO (POR)
2. Jarosław TOMICKI (POL)
3. Romualdo MANNA (ITA)
3. Soonu LEE (KOR)
WS45
1. Yuliya MARKOVA (ITA)
2. Janne JENSEN (DEN)
3. Anna HOVIKYAN (GER)
3. Prasunna PAREKH (IND)
MS45
1. Lucian FILIMON (ROU)
2. Nicola DI FIORE (ITA)
3. Tarek AL SAMHOURY (AUT)
3. Wojciech KOLODZIEJCZYK (POL)
WS50
1. Junghwa BANG (KOR)
2. Cristina SEMENZA (ITA)
3. Agnes LE LANNIC (FRA)
3. Katalina GATINSKA (BUL)
MS50
1. Maxim SHMYREV (INA)
2. Grzegorz ADAMIAK (POL)
3. Ioannis VLOTINOS (GRE)
3. Sergei SAVELEV (INA)
WS55
1. Yaping DING (GER)
2. Xiaofang ZHOU (CHN)
3. Hongwei YU (CHN)
3. Hui HUANG (CAN)
MS55
1. Mats KÄLLBERG (SWE)
2. Henrik VENDELBO (DEN)
3. Iván VITSEK (HUN)
3. Oljeg BASARIC (SRB)
WS60
1. Yan LI (CHN)
2. Xuezhu TONG (CHN)
3. Galyna YENENKO (UKR)
3. Lily YIP (USA)
MS60
1. Lars HAUTH (DEN)
2. Fatai Akanbi ADEYEMO (ITA)
3. Boris ROSENBERG (GER)
3. Zsolt-Georg BÖHM (GER)
WS65
1. Fenglan HU (CHN)
2. Branka BATINIC (CRO)
3. Natasa DEMIROVÁ (SVK)
3. Weifen SUN (CHN)
MS65
1. Yi DING (AUT)
2. Masataka TOKAI (JPN)
3. Guan Ming CHEN (FRA)
3. Miroslav CECAVA (CZE)
WS70
1. Aili GAO (CHN)
2. Nelia MAMLINA (ISR)
3. Shenru LUO (CHN)
3. Susanne PEDERSEN (DEN)
MS70
1. Yuxiang LI (USA)
2. Ma YU LUNG (HKG)
3. Ivan Nikolov STOYANOV (ITA)
3. Xinzhi WANG (CHN)
WS75
1. Rita POGOSOVA (ITA)
2. Yilin CHEN (CHN)
3. Donna SAKAI (USA)
3. Gizella ZACHER (HUN)
MS75
1. Jianjiang HUANG (CHN)
2. Yin WANG (CHN)
3. Chang fa LIU (CHN)
3. Niels RAMBERG (DEN)
WS80
1. Zeyu AI (CHN)
2. Nagasawa IKUKO (JPN)
3. Michie YOSHIMURA (JPN)
3. Takahashi MASAKO (JPN)
MS80
1. Yiu Chiu CHEUNG (CHN)
2. Zhaozhao JIANG (CHN)
3. Erling Børge NIELSEN (DEN)
3. Mick WRIGHT (AUS)
WS85
1. Akiko HOSODA (JPN)
2. Reiko MIURA (JPN)
3. Sumiko IGARASHI (JPN)
3. Kinuyo YAMAMIYA (JPN)
MS85
1. Josep MADURELL RODRIGUEZ (ESP)
2. Horst SCHWIEGERS (SUI)
3. Horst IFFLAND (SUI)
3. Wanfang ZHOU (CAN)
WS90
1. Marianne BLASBERG (GER)
2. Betty BIRD (ENG)
3. Ans VERHASSELT (NED)
3. Ragnhild LUNDBERG (SWE)
MS90
1. Kazuo MASUDA (JPN)
2. Richard LUBER (GER)
3. Georgijs LOBONOSOVS (LAT)
3. Kai MERIMAA (FIN)
MSP2
1. Gianfranco PAGLIA (ITA)
2. Carmelo BARCELLA (ITA)
Class 5
1. Davide SCAZZIERI (ITA)
2. Simon HEAPS (ENG)
3. Christian Urs ERB (PAR)
3. Fabrizio BOVE (ITA)
MSP7
1. Vjekoslav GREGOROVIC (CRO)
2. Simon ITKONEN (SWE)
3. Roberto PANIPUCCI (ITA)
3. Pietro MOTOLESE (ITA)
MSP10
1. Dragan RAKI (CRO)
2. Michal CZARNY (POL)
3. Pietro MOTOLESE (ITA)
3. David ALONSO (ESP)
WS7-10
1. Gim Sim KIM (SGP)
2. Zhihua YU (CHN)
3. Brigitte LECEE (FRA)
3. Jolanta KOPACZYNSKA (POL)
Doubles
WD40
1. Marina DONNER (FIN) & Sofia WESTHOLM (SWE)
2. Katja MILIC (ITA) & Martina MILIC (ITA)
3. Marzena JASIŃSKA (POL) & Emilia KIJOK (POL)
3. Pauline LECUIROT (FRA) & Delphine LEPLAT (FRA)
MD40
1. Julien PIETROPAOLI (FRA) & Lucian FILIMON (ROU)
2. Thomas GUIGNAT (FRA) & Guang SHI (ENG)
3. Dariusz STEUER (POL) & Jarosław TOMICKI (POL)
3. Fabio MANTEGAZZA (ITA) & Stefano TOMASI (ITA)
XD40
1. Johan PETTERSSON (FIN) & Marina DONNER (FIN)
2. Jarosław TOMICKI (POL) & Elzbieta KAZBERUK (POL)
3. Alessandro SORACI (ITA) & Martina MILIC (ITA)
3. Romualdo MANNA (ITA), Ioulia DEGTIAR (CAN)
WD45
1. Meenu BASAK (IND) & Prasunna PAREKH (IND)
2. Nataliia OSTROVSKA (UKR) & Halyna TELNA (UKR)
3. Alexandra HAARANEN (HUN) & Ágnes VÁRADY (HUN)
3. Sylvia MESSER (GER) & Sabine NELDNER (GER)
MD45
1. Cédric MERCHEZ (BEL) & Giovanni Maria FALCUCCI (ITA)
2. Majad Rashed BINSUAIGER (KSA) & Khalid Bunaydir ALHARBI (KSA)
3. Nicolas DELAHAYE (FRA) & Franck GORIAUD (FRA)
3. Saim POLATKAN (TUR) & Viktor VASYLEVSKYI (UKR)
XD45
1. Cédric MERCHEZ (BEL) & Evelien HENGSTMAN (NED)
2. Henrik VENDELBO (DEN) & Janne JENSEN (DEN)
3. Srivatsa Chakravarthy KASTURI (IND) & Prasunna PAREKH (IND)
3. Xuyang LI (CAN) & Hui HUANG (CAN)
WD50
1. Aeja HONG (KOR) & Mui Heng LIANG (SGP)
2. Dorota BORKOWSKA (POL) & Nuriya ZHALUDOK (POL)
3. Junghwa BANG (KOR) & Jungsuk BANG (KOR)
3. Pia TOELHØJ (DEN) & Petra Gummesson SÖRLING (SWE)
MD50
1. Fredrik ÅBORG (SWE) & Qing WANG (SWE)
2. Georgii RUBINSHTEIN (AIN) & Aleksandr SAVELEV (AIN)
3. Gábor DOHNÁL (HUN) & József NYÍRŐ (HUN)
3. Ioannis KORDOUTIS (GRE) & Ioannis VLOTINOS (GRE)
XD50
1. Qing WANG (SWE) & Yaping DING (GER)
2. Grégory GOEDAER (FRA) & Agnes LE LANNIC (FRA)
3. Lorestas TRUMPAUSKAS (ENG) & Angela TIAN (USA)
3. Wojciech TEBECIO (POL) & Dorota BORKOWSKA (POL)
WD55
1. Yaping DING (GER) & Jian WEI (ITA)
2. Elzbieta KAZBERUK (POL) & Marta DAUBNEROVA (SVK)
3. Isabelle GUILBAULT (FRA) & Fulya DIKER (TUR)
3. Ligita SAKAVICIENE (LTU) & Jolita ŠTRIMIENĖ (LTU)
MD55
1. Andreas KRÄMER (GER) & Ralf SCHREINER (GER)
2. Andreas KOCH (GER) & Dirk LAUER (GER)
3. Mogens SONNICHSEN (DEN) & Peter BERANEK (GER)
3. Peter ANGERER (GER) & Peter KLAIBER (GER)
XD55
1. Karsten HAUMANN (DEN) & Pia TOELHØJ (DEN)
2. Alessandro BISI (ITA) & Krisztina NAGY (HUN)
3. Jan MÅRTENSSON (SWE) & Ulrika QUIST (MON)
3. Thierry MILLER (SUI) & Marta DAUBNEROVA (SVK)
WD60
1. Barbara Xiao Wen CHIU (CAN) & Lily YIP (USA)
2. Rongrong DENG (CHN) & Xiaoshan GU (CHN)
3. Corinne COME (FRA) & Laurence VEILLEROT (FRA)
3. Máhli Ibolya SCHNEIDERNÉ (HUN) & Màrta TOTH (HUN)
MD60
1. Fatai Akanbi ADEYEMO (ITA) & Concetto TESTIERA (ITA)
2. Zsolt-Georg BÖHM (GER) & Andreas FEJER-KONNERT (GER)
3. Dahang PAN (CHN) & Yan PAN (CHN)
3. Wei LIU (CHN) & Masataka TOKAI (JPN)
XD60
1. Miklós NAGY (HUN) & Márta MATOLCSI (HUN)
2. Jie LU (CAN) & Barbara Xiao Wen CHIU (CAN)
3. Eduardo Rene AGUIRRE BECKER (CHI) & Jaqueline DIAZ CARO (CHI)
3. Levente TOKES (HUN) & Viktoria KÖSZEGHY (HUN)
WD65
1. Aili GAO (CHN) & Fenglan HU (CHN)
2. Xianyu HUI (USA) & Rong TANG (USA)
3. Kumiko KATAYAMA (JPN) & Akemi MIZUKAWA (JPN)
3. Svea ONNO (EST) & Birgit FINGER (GER)
MD65
1. Per GUSTAFSSON (SWE) & Åke HUSS (SWE)
2. Goran ALDVIK (SWE) & Ulf Johan UNUNGER (SWE)
3. Jürgen HECHT (GER) & Manfred NIESWAND (GER)
3. Miroslav CECAVA (CZE) & Jiri VOJTEK (CZE)
XD65
1. Masataka TOKAI (JPN) & Fenglan HU (CHN)
2. Manfred NIESWAND (GER) & Freia RUNGE (GER)
3. Åke HUSS (SWE) & Branka BATINIC (CRO)
3. Engelbert KARMAINSKI (GER) & Hannelore STOWASSER (GER)
WD70
1. Zhen LI (CHN) & Li XIAN (CHN)
2. Shenru LUO (CHN) & Huixin YANG (CHN)
3. Kazuko HORINO (JPN) & Mihoko SAKAI (JPN)
3. Yuchan XU (CHN) & Ekaterina KRASNOVA (AIN)
MD70
1. Rein LINDMÄE (EST) & Leonid SEHAL (UKR)
2. Xinzhi WANG (CHN) & Yuxiang LI (USA)
3. Dieter JÜRGENS (GER) & Gerd WERNER (GER)
3. Wilhelm ENICHLMAYR (AUT) & Norbert WRABETZ (GER)
XD70
1. Xuanling WEI (CHN) & Aili GAO (CHN)
2. Xinzhi WANG (CHN) & Guizhi WANG (CHN)
3. Eduard ZAKARYAN (ARM) & Larisa ANDREEVA (AIN)
3. Rongyi ZHANG (CHN) & Shenru LUO (CHN)
WD75
1. Renata BURG (AUT) & Waltraud WEISS (AUT)
2. Colette LE CORVEC (FRA) & Martine PONTILLE (FRA)
3. Larisa ILINSKAIA (AIN) & Marjorie DAWSON (ENG)
3. Kimiko TSUCHIYA (JPN) & Hiroko MAMPO (JPN)
MD75
1. Jianjiang HUANG (CHN) & Yin WANG (CHN)
2. Xiaojin LI (CHN) & Chang fa LIU (CHN)
3. Erling Børge NIELSEN (DEN) & Niels RAMBERG (DEN)
3. Karol KORBEL (CZE) & Tiing Sik LING (MAS)
XD75
1. Alberto PELIZZOLA (ITA) & Rita POGOSOVA (ITA)
2. David SAKAI (USA) & Donna SAKAI (USA)
3. Istvan SZALAI (HUN) & Gizella ZACHER (HUN)
3. Roland STEPHAN (GER) & Christa GEBHARDT (GER)
WD80
1. Zeyu AI (CHN) & Xuerong TAN (CHN)
2. Rosi BERG (GER) & Karin RAUSCHER (GER)
3. Jutta BARON (GER) & Christa GEBHARDT (GER)
3. Kinuyo YAMAMIYA (JPN) & Kaoru KOJIMA (JPN)
MD80
1. Zhaozhao JIANG (CHN) & Wenkang MA (CHN)
2. Günter FRAUNHEIM (GER) & Dietmar GRAUL (GER)
3. Alain FLAGEUL (FRA) & Van Phuc PHUNG (FRA)
3. Josef MERK (GER) & Horst REINHART (GER)
XD80
1. Zhaozhao JIANG (CHN) & Zeyu AI (CHN)
2. Robin STACE (ENG) & Sally BAX (ENG)
3. Göran EKSTRÖM (SWE) & Monika MAUL (SWE)
3. Hermann DERLER (AUT) & Karin RAUSCHER (GER)
WD85
1. Akiko HOSODA (JPN) & Reiko MIURA (JPN)
2. Sumiko IGARASHI (JPN) & Masako OTSUKA (JPN)
3. Hiroko HISATUGU (JPN) & Takako KUBOTA (JPN)
3. Maryvonne DEL CASTILLO (FRA) & Solange FAFOURNOUX (FRA)
MD85
1. Raymond DIXON (ENG) & Dennis BROMAGE (WAL)
2. Horst IFFLAND (SUI) & Horst SCHWIEGERS (SUI)
3. Aldo DONDA (ITA) & Mario ERCOLANI (ITA)
3. Josip MARTINOVIC (CRO) & František KYNCL (CZE)
XD85
1. Dennis BROMAGE (WAL) & Heidi WUNNER (GER)
2. Clement VANSTRAELEN (BEL) & Takako KUBOTA (JPN)
3. Henri YAHIEL (FRA) & Betty BIRD (ENG)
3. Horst HEDRICH (GER) & Ingeborg STEIN (GER)
WD90
1. Betty BIRD (ENG) & Marianne BLASBERG (GER)
2. Anděla POTŮČKOVÁ (CZE) & Ragnhild LUNDBERG (SWE)
3. Ans VERHASSELT (NED) & Yuet Yu WA (USA)
MD90
1. Kai MERIMAA (FIN) & Richard LUBER (GER)
2. Hans Eberhard PAPPON (AUS) & Lucien QUINTIN (SUI)
3. Horst FISCHER (GER) & Paul JUCHEMS (GER)
3. Reiner SPÄNKUCH (GER) & Georgijs LOBONOSOVS (LAT)
XD90
1. Richard LUBER (GER) & Marianne BLASBERG (GER)
2. Emil ORLÍK (CZE) & Anděla POTŮČKOVÁ (CZE)
3. Jozef JANSSENS (BEL) & Ragnhild LUNDBERG (SWE)
Doubles 2-5
1. Simon HEAPS (ENG) & Davide SCAZZIERI (ITA)
2. Christian Urs ERB (PAR) & Maria Paola TOLU (ITA)
3. Fabrizio BOVE (ITA) & Carmelo BARCELLA (ITA)
3. Gianfranco PAGLIA (ITA) & Francesco BAGGIO (ITA)
MD7-10
1. David ALONSO (ESP) & Gajanan PARMAR (IND)
2. Dragan RAKI (CRO) & Vjekoslav GREGOROVIC (CRO)
3. Pietro MOTOLESE (ITA) & Gaoming PENG (CHN)
3. Karoly SIMON (HUN) & Michal CZARNY (POL)
XD7-10
1. Gaoming PENG (CHN) & Zhihua YU (CHN)
2. Michal CZARNY (POL) & Jolanta KOPACZYNSKA (POL)
3. Karoly SIMON (HUN) & Gim Sim KIM (SGP)