May Văn Hòa

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Mai Van Hoa (born June 1, 1927 in Hanoi , † May 14, 1971 in Saigon ) was a South Vietnamese table tennis player who won the Asian Cup several times .

Career

From 1950 to 1959 Mai Van Hoa was nominated seven times for world championships . Here his greatest success was winning the bronze medal in 1959 with the South Vietnamese team. In 1953 and 1954 he was individual Asian champion . In doubles he won the title in 1953 and 1957 with Tran Canh Duoc, in 1954 the duo came second. With the team he was Asian runner-up in 1953 and champion in 1957. At the Asian Games in 1958 he won doubles with Tran Canh Duoc and with the team.

In the ITTF world rankings Mai Van Hoa was eighth in the fall of 1957. His last known appearance was a tournament in September 1962 in Australia. After that he no longer appeared internationally.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
FOUR. Asian Championship TTFA 1957 Manila PHI gold 1
FOUR. Asian Championship TTFA 1954 Singapore SIN gold silver
FOUR. Asian Championship TTFA 1953 Tokyo JPN gold gold 2
FOUR. Asian Games 1958 Tokyo JPN gold 1
FOUR. World Championship 1959 Dortmund FRG last 16 last 128 no participants 3
FOUR. World Championship 1957 Stockholm SWE last 32 last 64 Scratched 5
FOUR. World Championship 1956 Tokyo JPN last 32 last 64 no participants 7th
FOUR. World Championship 1955 Utrecht NED last 64 last 128 no participants 9
FOUR. World Championship 1952 Bombay IND last 16 last 32 no participants 5
FOUR. World Championship 1951 Vienna AUT last 64 last 16 no participants 7th
FRA World Championship 1950 Budapest HUN last 64 last 32 no participants

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Trọng Minh -Vẻ vang dân Việt 1991, Volume 2, page 553 His younger brother, Mai van Hoa, was an Asian champion in table tennis in successive years of the '50s. and champion of Asian Olympic in 1958 at Tokyo. He later died in an accident in Saigon on May 14, 1971. Mr. Mai van Chat married ...
  2. ↑ World rankings 1947 to 2001 (Excel; 171 kB) (accessed on October 4, 2011)
  3. ↑ Tim Boggan : History of US Table Tennis Vol IV , 2000 (accessed November 28, 2013)
  4. ↑ Mai Văn Hòa results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed October 4, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Mai Van Hoa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Vietnamese table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanoi
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1971
Place of death Saigon