Władysław Loewenhertz
Personal information
Nationality Poland
CitizenshipAustralian
Born1916
Died2011(2011-00-00) (aged 94–95)
Melbourne, Australia
Medal record
Representing  Poland
Bronze medal – third place1935Men's Team

Władysław Loewenhertz was a male former Polish international table tennis player and Australian national and state table tennis champion .[1]

He won a bronze medal at the 1935 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Alojzy Ehrlich and Simon Pohoryles for Poland.[2][3]

Along with his teammates they were the first Polish medal winner at the Championships.[4] He played for the local Jewish sports club Hasmonea Lwów.

Just prior to the onset of World War II, he departed Poland for a new life in Australia where he adopted the name of Walter Lowen. His table tennis achievements in Australia included winning: the 1948 Australian open singles championship,[5] the 1941, 1948, 1949, 1950 Victorian Open single championship and, late in his life inductions into: Table Tennis Victoria's hall of fame (open division) in 2015 and as the Macabi Victoria's hall of fame in 2000.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ↑ "List of Gold and silver medal Winners". All About Table Tennis.
  4. ↑ "GREAT SUCCESS OF A SMALL POLISH WOMAN". Przeglad Sportowy. 4 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  6. ↑ "Hall of Fame Inductees | Maccabi VIC".


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