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    Ivan Andreadis

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    Ivan Andreadis
    Full nameIvan Andreadis
    Nationality Czechoslovakia
    Playing styleShakehand grip
    Medal record
    Men's table tennis
    Representing  Czechoslovakia
    World Championships
    Bronze medal – third place 1957 Stockholm Singles
    Gold medal – first place 1957 Stockholm Doubles
    Silver medal – second place 1957 Stockholm Mixed Doubles
    Bronze medal – third place 1957 Stockholm Men's Team
    Silver medal – second place 1956 Tokyo Doubles
    Silver medal – second place 1956 Tokyo Mixed Doubles
    Silver medal – second place 1956 Tokyo Men's Team
    Gold medal – first place 1955 Utrecht Doubles
    Silver medal – second place 1955 Utrecht Men's Team
    Bronze medal – third place 1954 Wembley Singles
    Gold medal – first place 1954 Wembley Doubles
    Silver medal – second place 1954 Wembley Men's Team
    Silver medal – second place 1953 Bucharest Singles
    Bronze medal – third place 1953 Bucharest Doubles
    Bronze medal – third place 1953 Bucharest Men's Team
    Silver medal – second place 1951 Vienna Singles
    Gold medal – first place 1951 Vienna Doubles
    Gold medal – first place 1951 Vienna Men's Team
    Bronze medal – third place 1950 Budapest Singles
    Silver medal – second place 1950 Budapest Doubles
    Bronze medal – third place 1950 Budapest Mixed Doubles
    Gold medal – first place 1950 Budapest Men's Team
    Gold medal – first place 1949 Stockholm Doubles
    Silver medal – second place 1949 Stockholm Men's Team
    Gold medal – first place 1948 Wembley Men's Team
    Gold medal – first place 1947 Paris Men's Team

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

    Table tennis career[edit]

    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[edit]

    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]

    See also[edit]

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

    References[edit]

    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.
    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.
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