Ivan Andreadis

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

Ivan Andreadis
Full nameIvan Andreadis
Nationality Czechoslovakia
Playing styleShakehand grip

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]

See also

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.
  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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