Angelica Adelstein-Rozeanu (October 15, 1921 – February 22, 2006) was a Jewish Romanian table tennis player, and one of the most successful female table tennis players in the history of the sport. Born in Bucharest in 1921, she started playing table tennis at the age of nine and won her first major title in the sport when only 15, namely the Romanian national women's championship. She would remain Romania's female champion for the next 21 years (1936-57).

Rozeanu won her first World Championship in 1950, starting the winning run that would see her win the championship six years in succession, a feat yet to be matched. She was also the last non-Asian woman to win the title. In total, she won 17 world titles, including the world's women's doubles title three times (1953-55) and the world mixed doubles titles three times (1951-53). Being by far Romania's greatest profile in the sport, she was also the president of the Romanian Table Tennis Commission from 1950 to 1960

In 1960 Rozeanu moved to Israel, where she continued to play professionally, in 1961 winning the Maccabiah Games Table Tennis Championship. However, she kept in touch with her native country Romania, and visited it for the last time as recently as 2005. In 2006 she died at the age of 84.

See also

• List of Jewish Romanians

External links

• Obituary
• Jewsinsport profile info

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