Career
While playing for Dinamo Târgu Mureș he was discovered by Farkas Paneth, who took him to Central Saint Martins Cluj. Between 1959 and 1967 he participated in five World Table Tennis Championships and several Table Tennis European Championships. Adalbert Rethi was the son of an officer"s family.
After high school, he studied law at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, and became a lawyer
In 2008 he died after a long illness, leaving behind two children.