Vilim Harangozo

Vilim Harangozo (Hungarian: Harangozó Vilim, Serbian Cyrillic: Вилим Харангозо) was an ethnic Hungarian former table tennis player from Yugoslavia.

Vilim Harangozo
Harangozo (left) with Žarko Dolinar
Personal information
Nationality	Yugoslavia
Born	(1925-01-25)25 January 1925 Subotica, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died	14 January 1975(1975-01-14) (aged 49) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing  Yugoslavia World Championships 1955 Utrecht Doubles 1954 Wembley Doubles 1951 Vienna Mixed Doubles 1951 Vienna Team European Championships 1958 Budapest Singles

Table tennis career

From 1951 to 1958 Harangozo won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.^[1]

His four World Championship medals^[2][3] included a gold medal in the doubles at the 1954 World Table Tennis Championships with Žarko Dolinar.^[4][5]

He also won three English Open titles.

Football

Harangozo also played as footballer at FK Spartak Subotica in the Yugoslav First League during the late 1940s.^[6] He scored the first ever first league goal of Spartak and it was against giants Red Star Belgrade. He also played with FK Bratstvo Subotica in the 1948–49 season.^[7]

Personal life

His older brother Tibor Harangozo (1922–1978) was also an international table tennis player.