Rozeanu, table tennis legend from Romania

BUCHAREST – Angelica Rozeanu (84), the Romanian-born table tennis great who won the title of world champion six times in a row, has died.

Rozeanu died at her daughter’s home in Israel after being diagnosed with cirrhosis less than a month earlier, said Beatrice Romanescu of the Romanian Table Tennis Federation. “She was a living legend.I don’t know whether Romania will ever have a table tennis player like her,” Romanescu told the Associated Press.Born in Bucharest in 1921, Rozeanu was the world female singles champion six times from 1950 to 1955, a feat that has not been equaled in the sport.She won 17 world titles, taking the world’s women’s doubles title three times from 1953 to 1955, and the world mixed doubles titles three times from 1951 to 1953.- Nampa-AP”She was a living legend.I don’t know whether Romania will ever have a table tennis player like her,” Romanescu told the Associated Press.Born in Bucharest in 1921, Rozeanu was the world female singles champion six times from 1950 to 1955, a feat that has not been equaled in the sport.She won 17 world titles, taking the world’s women’s doubles title three times from 1953 to 1955, and the world mixed doubles titles three times from 1951 to 1953.- Nampa-AP

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