Real name: Gyözö Braun
Born: 24/08/1911 in Budapest/HUN
Deceased: 27/02/1972 in Lima/PERU

After World War II. he settled down with his wife in London and became British national in 1952. ITTF Hall of Fame: Induction 1993; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame: Induction 1981.

Born Győző Braun but because of anti-semitism in Hungary he changed his name to a Hungarian sounding name. He began to play table tennis in 1925, he was coached by Sandor Glancz. During the Second World War he was a parachutist in the British army.

• 1929 World Champion in Men’s Teams and Men’s Doubles (with Miklos Szabados/HUN)
• 1930 World Champion in Men’s Teams, Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles (with Miklos Szabados/HUN) and Mixed Doubles (with Maria Mednyanszky/HUN)
• 1931 World Champion in Men‘ Teams and Men’s Doubles (with Miklos Szabados/HUN)
• 1932 World Champion in Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles (with Miklos Szabados) and Mixed Doubles (with Anna Sipos/HUN)
• 1933 World Champion in Men’s Teams, Men’s Singles and Men‘s Doubles (with Sandor Glancz/HUN
• 1934 World Champion in Men’s Teams, Men’s Singles and Men’s Doubles (with Miklos Szabados/HUN)
• 1935 World Champion in Men’s Teams, Men’s Singles, Men‘s Doubles (with Miklos Szabados/HUN) and Mixed Doubles (with Anna Sipos/HUN)
• 1938 World Champion in Men’s Teams