Adrian Haydon
{{short description|British table tennis player}}
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{{Infobox table tennis player
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| fullname = Arthur 'Adrian' Haydon
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| nationality = {{ENG}}
| playingstyle = Left-hander
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1911|10|11}}
| birth_place = Kings Norton, Birmingham, UK
| death_date = {{death date and age|1973|9|12|1911|10|11|df=y}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's table tennis}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze | 1953 Bucharest | Doubles}}
{{MedalGold | 1953 Bucharest | Team}}
{{MedalBronze | 1952 Bombay | Doubles}}
{{MedalSilver | 1952 Bombay | Team}}
{{MedalSilver | 1948 Wembley | Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze | 1947 Paris | Doubles}}
{{MedalSilver | 1935 Wembley | Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze | 1935 Wembley | Mixed}}
{{MedalBronze | 1933 Baden | Singles}}
{{MedalBronze | 1933 Baden | Team}}
{{MedalSilver | 1931 Budapest | Team}}
{{MedalBronze | 1929 Budapest | Singles}}
{{MedalBronze | 1929 Budapest | Team}}
{{MedalBronze | 1928 Stockholm | Team}}
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Arthur 'Adrian' Haydon (11 October 1911 – 12 September 1973) Ivor Montagu, [http://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1973-74/tt_issue257.pdf In Memoriam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925124802/https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1973-74/tt_issue257.pdf |date=25 September 2020 }}, Table Tennis News, November 1973 was a male international table tennis player from England.
Table tennis career
He started playing table tennis aged just 7 years-old. During the 1927-28 season he was world ranked 6.{{cite web|url=https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1935-36/tt_issue1.pdf|title=Famous English Players|publisher=Table Tennis England}} He won fourteen medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships from 1928 to 1953, including a gold medal at the 1953 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event).{{cite web|url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=2767 |title=HAYDON Adrian (ENG) |publisher=ITTF |access-date=September 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812115246/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=2767 |archive-date=August 12, 2014 }}{{cite web|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=doris-jordan-128754|title=Profile|publisher=Table Tennis Guide}}
Personal life
He married international player Doris Jordan in 1938.{{cite web|url=https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1958-59/tt_issue137.pdf|title=ANN HAYDON-AUTHORESS|publisher=Table Tennis England}}
He is the father of Ann Haydon Jones, a finalist at the World Table Tennis Championships and a Grand Slam winner in tennis.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Interview+-+Ann+Jones%3A+Ann+settles+out+of+court.-a062915280|author=Dodd, Ro|title=Interview - Ann Jones: Ann settles out of court|work=Birmingham Post|date=June 24, 2000}}
He also played for the Warwickshire County Cricket Club 2nd XI.
See also
References
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Category:English male table tennis players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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