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 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.