Ivan Andreadis
Ivan Andreadis (born April 3, 1924 , † October 27, 1992 in Prague ) was a Czechoslovak table tennis player . He won the world championship four times in doubles, once in mixed and four times with the ČSR team. He was twice vice world champion in singles.
Career
Andreadi's first club was Union I Prague, in 1936 he moved to Spartak Prague. He started as a defender, only later did he learn the attacking game. In 1937 he was CSSR youth champion. In 1939 he won the men's CSSR championship. He succeeded in doing this again in 1954 and 1961.
International career
Andreadis was first used in the national team in autumn 1945.
Between 1936 and 1963 he took part in world championships 13 times . In 1949 he became world champion for the first time when he and his doubles partner František Tokár beat his compatriots Bohumil Váňa / Ladislav Štípek . He repeated this success in 1951 with Bohumil Váňa by beating Hungary's Ferenc Sidó / József Kóczián in the final . In 1955 and 1957 he played doubles with Ladislav Štípek and won the title by victories against the Yugoslavs Vilim Harangozo / Žarko Dolinar (1955) and against the strong Japanese Toshiaki Tanaka / Ichiro Ogimura . He was double vice world champion in 1950 (with František Tokár) and 1956 (with Ladislav Štípek).
In individual he was twice vice world champion: in 1951 he lost in the final against Johnny Leach , in 1953 against Ferenc Sidó .
With the ČSR team he won the gold medal in 1947 , 1948 , 1950 and 1951 . In 1954 he won the mixed competition with the Hungarian Gizella Farkas. In the ITTF world rankings , he was ranked second in 1951.
In 1953 he was awarded the title of Master of Sports . In 1995 he was inducted into the ITTF Hall of Fame .
Private
Andreadis was a civil servant. He was married and the father of a daughter (* 1954).
In early 1958 he was temporarily banned from his association for smuggling.
Results from the ITTF database
Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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TCH | World Championship | 1963 | Prague | TCH | last 32 | Quarter finals | no participants | 5 |
TCH | World Championship | 1961 | Beijing | CHN | last 256 | last 32 | no participants | 10 |
TCH | World Championship | 1957 | Stockholm | SWE | Semifinals | gold | silver | 3 |
TCH | World Championship | 1956 | Tokyo | JPN | last 16 | silver | silver | 2 |
TCH | World Championship | 1955 | Utrecht | NED | last 32 | gold | Scratched | 2 |
TCH | World Championship | 1954 | Wembley | CLOSELY | Semifinals | last 64 | gold | 2 |
TCH | World Championship | 1953 | Bucharest | ROU | silver | Semifinals | no participants | 3 |
TCH | World Championship | 1951 | Vienna | AUT | silver | gold | Scratched | 1 |
TCH | World Championship | 1950 | Budapest | HUN | Semifinals | silver | Semifinals | 1 |
TCH | World Championship | 1949 | Stockholm | SWE | Quarter finals | gold | no participants | 2 |
TCH | World Championship | 1948 | Wembley | CLOSELY | Semifinals | Quarter finals | last 64 | 1 |
TCH | World Championship | 1947 | Paris | FRA | last 32 | last 64 | Quarter finals | 1 |
TCH | World Championship | 1936 | Prague | TCH | no participants | last 64 | no participants |
literature
- Ivan Andreadis - 50 Years , DTS magazine , 1974/6, page 16
- Willy Meyer: Ivan Andreadis - the Crown Prince of the World Championships , DTS magazine , 1955/10 page 15
Individual evidence
- ↑ some sources give as date of birth April 27, 1924, e.g. http://www.hiu.cas.cz/cs/download/biogr/bs1.pdf
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1951/19 issue west-south, page 3
- ↑ ITTF Hall of Fame ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 3, 2011; PDF; 358 kB)
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1958/4 West issue, page 2
- ↑ Ivan Andreadi's results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 3, 2011)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Andreadis, Ivan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1924 |
DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 1992 |
Place of death | Prague |