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Bedřich Nikodém (also Friedrich Nikodem and Fritz Nikodem; August 12, 1909 - July 19, 1970) was a male Czech international table tennis player,[1] later active as a composer, lyricist and musician. He appeared in the 1930s under the pseudonym Niki Němec.

Bedřich Nikodém

Personal information
Nationality	Czech Republic
Born	(1909-08-12)12 August 1909 Vienna
Died	(1970-07-19)19 July 1970 Prague
Medal record Representing  Czechoslovakia World Table Tennis Championships 1930 Men's Team 1931 Men's Team 1932 Men's Team

Life

Nikodém was born in Vienna the son of an engineer. In 1921, the family moved to Brno, Czechoslovakia. According to his paternal wish, Friedrich Nikodem continued the family tradition and completed his engineering studies in Prague. His main interest, however, was sports and music.

At the end of the 1920s, Fritz Nikodem was one of the best table tennis players in the country and from 1929 to 1933 belonged to the Czech national team. He won a bronze medal at the 1930 World Table Tennis Championships and a silver medal at the 1931 World Table Tennis Championships[2] in the team event. The following year in 1932 he won a gold medal in the team event at the 1932 World Table Tennis Championships for Czechoslovakia.[3][4]

Afterwards Nikodém devoted himself entirely to music. During the Great Depression, he earned a living as a bar pianist. Under the pseudonym Niki Němec, he participated in recordings with various Dixieland dance orchestras.[5] During this time, the first songs of his own gained popularity. In 1935, he began collaborating with the music publisher Mojmír Urbánek, who continued under the successor companies Orbis, Státní hudební vydavatelství and Supraphon.

In the 1940s, Nikodém dedicated himself primarily to swing music, and some of his songs from the 1950s became classics. In the 1960s, Nikodém's compositional work shifted to rock and roll. During this time he also worked as a scribe and editor, and promoted Karel Svoboda and the brothers Jiří Štaidl [cs] and Ladislav Štaidl. Nikodém succumbed to a heart attack in 1970.

The city of Ostrava honored Bedřich Nikodém in 1983 with the designation of a 2.3-kilometer-long road in the district of Poruba.[6]

Compositions and songs (selection)

• as Niki Němec: Music for the film Sňatková kancelář, 1932[7]
• Mám malý stan
• Jen kytara a já
• Náš táborák
• Houpy, hou
• Dva modré balónky
• Je po dešti
• Nedělní vláček
• Flašinetář
• Znamínko na ramínku
• Barborka
• Start gemini
• Sedmikráska
• Poustevník

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

External links

• Biography at fdb.cz

На других языках

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[de] Bedřich Nikodém

Bedřich Nikodém, auch Friedrich Nikodem bzw. Fritz Nikodem (* 12. August 1909 in Wien; † 19. Juli 1970 in Prag) war ein tschechischer Komponist, Texter, Musiker und Tischtennisspieler. Er trat in den 1930er Jahren auch unter dem Pseudonym Niki Němec in Erscheinung.

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- [en] Bedřich Nikodém

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[ru] Никодем, Бедржих

Фридрих (Бедржих) Никодем (нем. Friedrich Nikodem, чеш. Bedřich Nikodém, 12 августа 1909 — 19 июля 1970) — чехословацкий музыкант и спортсмен, призёр чемпионатов мира по настольному теннису.

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