Mai Văn Hòa Explained

Mai Văn Hòa (Hanoi, 1 June 1927 - Saigon, 14 May 1971) was a table tennis player from South Vietnam.^[1]

From 1953 to 1957 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.^[2]

Results from the ITTF database

VAssoc.	Competition	Year	Location	Country	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Team
VIE R.	Asian Championship TTFA	1957	Manila	PHI		Gold		1
VIE R.	Asian Championship TTFA	1954	Singapur	SIN	Gold	Silver
VIE R.	Asian Championship TTFA	1953	Tokyo	JPN	Gold	Gold		2
VIE R.			Tokyo	JPN		Gold		1
VIE R.		1959	Dortmund	FRG	Rd of 16	Rd of 128	dnp	3
VIE R.	World Championship	1957	Stockholm	SWE	Rd of 32	Rd of 64	Scratched	5
VIE R.	World Championship	1956	Tokyo	JPN	Rd of 32	Rd of 64	dnp	7
VIE R.	World Championship	1955	Utrecht	NED	Rd of 64	Rd of 128	dnp	9
VIE R.	World Championship	1952	Bombay	IND	Rd of 16	Rd of 32	dnp	5
VIE R.	World Championship	1951	Wien	AUT	Rd of 64	Rd of 16	dnp	7
FRA	World Championship	1950	Budapest	HUN	Rd of 64	Rd of 32	dnp

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 ...
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