Tadaaki Hayashi
Tadaaki Hayashi ( Japanese 林 忠明 , Hayashi Tadaaki ; * around 1920) is a Japanese table tennis player . He became world champion in doubles in 1952.
Career
Tadaaki Hayashi was Japanese doubles champion together with Yoshihiro Namba in 1948, and in 1950 he won the singles title. In 1952 he took part in the world championship . Here he was together with Norizaku Fuiji world champion in doubles in front of the English Richard Bergmann / Johnny Leach . He won bronze with the Japanese team.
At the Asian Championships he reached the semi-finals in doubles in 1952 and 1953. In 1953 he won silver here in a mixed with Fujie Eguchi .
In the ITTF world rankings, Tadaaki Hayashi was eighth in late 1952.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | Asian Championship TTFA | 1953 | Tokyo | JPN | last 16 | Semifinals | silver | |
| JPN | Asian Championship TTFA | 1952 | Singapore | SIN | Semifinals | 2 | ||
| JPN | World Championship | 1952 | Bombay | IND | last 64 | gold | no participants | 3 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ It can be found at the cultural foundation of the district (English "City") Arakawa ( 荒 川 区 芸 術 文化 振興 財 団 , Arakawa-ku geijutsu bunka shinkō zaidan ) in a series ~ "The people of Arakawa" (荒 川 の 人 - apparently lives / -e er da) a short article about him from 2006; after that he was then 86 years old. [ [1] Online (accessed March 25, 2016)]
- ^ Table Tennis, No. 89, December 1952, page 13 (accessed March 25, 2016)
- ^ Tadaaki Hayashi results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed March 25, 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hayashi, Tadaaki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 林忠明 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1920 |