Ivan Andreadis Explained

Ivan Andreadis (3 April 1924 in Prague - 27 October 1992 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak international table tennis player.

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]

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]

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