Ivan Andreadis

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Ivan Andreadis
Full nameIvan Andreadis
NationalityFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Born(1924-04-03)3 April 1924
Died27 October 1992(1992-10-27) (aged 68)
Table tennis career Table tennis pictogram.svg
Playing style Shakehand grip
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1957 Stockholm Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1957 Stockholm Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1957 Stockholm Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1957 Stockholm Men's Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1956 Tokyo Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1956 Tokyo Mixed Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1956 Tokyo Men's Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1955 Utrecht Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1955 Utrecht Men's Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1954 Wembley Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1954 Wembley Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1954 Wembley Men's Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1953 Bucharest Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1953 Bucharest Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1953 Bucharest Men's Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1951 Vienna Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1951 Vienna Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1951 Vienna Men's Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1950 Budapest Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1950 Budapest Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1950 Budapest Mixed Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1950 Budapest Men's Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1949 Stockholm Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1949 Stockholm Men's Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1948 Wembley Men's Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1947 Paris Men's Team

Ivan Andreadis (3 April 1924 in Prague - 27 October 1992 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak international table tennis player.

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Table tennis career

He won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships from 1947 to 1957. [1]

His 27 World Championship medals [2] [3] included nine gold medals; four in the team event, four in the doubles with František Tokár, Bohumil Váňa and Ladislav Štípek respectively and one in the mixed doubles with Gizi Farkas. [4] [5]

He also won three English Open titles.

He was of Greek-Jewish origin. [6]

Hall of Fame

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Table Tennis Federation in 1995. [7]

He worked as a railway planning official in the ČKD Sokolovo works in Prague. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "ITTF database: Ivan Andreadis".
  2. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  4. ↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN   0-316-72645-1.
  5. ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312 . Guinness Superlatives. ISBN   0-85112-492-5.
  6. ↑ "Czechoslovakian Table Tennis Association" (PDF). Degruyter.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  7. ↑ "ITTF Hall of Fame" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  8. ↑ "Veterans Lead" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
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