Ivan Andreadis
Czech table tennis player
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Ivan Andreadis (3 April 1924 – 27 October 1992) was a Czech table tennis player.
Nationality
Czechoslovakia
CzechoslovakiaBorn3 April 1924
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died27 October 1992 (aged 68)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
SportTable tennis
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| Nationality | Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 April 1924 Prague, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 October 1992 (aged 68) Prague, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
