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Angelica Rozeanu
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Country: RomaniaHighest level of competition: World Championships
In every game there are the path-breakers and then there are those who have lived the game, moulded it and through their lives, have made it possible for others like them to excel in it. One such woman was Angelica Rozeanu, who won the Romanian National Championship in 1936 and then went on to live through the World War II and a cross-continental move to Israel after which she emerged on the other side with a six-year long winning streak at the World Championships from 1950 onwards.
As a Jew, Rozeanu was feared persecution during the years of the War, let alone enter a gymnasium to train.
In 1995, Rozeanu, who has never played in the Olympic games was inducted into the IITF Hall of Fame. She died in 2006. Her 17 World titles are an achievement quite like any other.
