Ian Harrison

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Ian Harrison (born June 28, 1939 in Royal Tunbridge Wells ) is a former English table tennis player from the 1950s and 1960s. He took part in six world championships and six European championships.

Career

Ian Harrison, who was active in a Gloucester club , won a total of eight titles at the English National Championships :

In addition, she won first place at the 1960 English Open in singles and doubles with Diane Rowe. From 1958 to 1963 he took first place in the English rankings.

From 1957 to 1967 Ian Harrison took part in all six world championships . His greatest success here was fourth place at the 1961 World Cup with the English team. In this team competition, he defeated the Japanese Ichirō Ogimura , who up to this point was already twice world champion in singles and won this title again in 1961. In addition, Ian Harrison was nominated six times for European championships .

Overall, Ian Harrison came to 178 international appearances for England. At the end of 1968 he ended his international career.

Private

Ian Harrison married Elisabeth Purves in June 1962 and a son was born in 1967. He had three daughters with his future wife Jennifer, a teacher. One of them is Sarah Harrison , a journalist and employee of WikiLeaks .

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
CLOSELY European Championship 1962 Berlin FRG Quarter finals
CLOSELY World Championship 1967 Stockholm SWE last 32 last 32 last 64 8th
CLOSELY World Championship 1965 Ljubljana YUG last 128 last 32 last 64 7th
CLOSELY World Championship 1963 Prague TCH last 64 last 32 last 64 9
CLOSELY World Championship 1961 Beijing CHN last 64 last 32 last 32 4th
CLOSELY World Championship 1959 Dortmund FRG last 256 last 64 last 32 9
CLOSELY World Championship 1957 Stockholm SWE last 128 last 16 last 64 11

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Table Tennis" magazine, February 1962, page 7 Online (accessed on September 16, 2014)
  2. ^ "Table Tennis" magazine, February 1963, page 5 Online (accessed on September 16, 2014)
  3. ^ "Table Tennis" magazine, May 1961, page 5 Online (accessed on September 16, 2014)
  4. ^ "Table Tennis" magazine, October 1962, page 15 Online (accessed on September 16, 2014)
  5. ^ "Table Tennis News" magazine, February 1967 Online (accessed September 17, 2014)
  6. ↑ Claudia Joseph: We're so proud of our Wikileaks daughter, say family of the British blonde who went on the run with CIA whistleblower , article from June 29, 2013 in MailOnline - News (accessed September 16, 2014)
  7. ^ Ian Harrison Findings from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 16, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Harrison, Ian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Royal Tunbridge Wells