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| Born | c. 1925 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Margaret 'Peggy' Franks (born c. 1925) [1] is a former table tennis player from England.
Table tennis career
From 1947 to 1952 she won ten medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships. [2] [3]
The ten medals included three gold medals; [4] [5] two in team events with England at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships and 1948 World Table Tennis Championships and one in the women's doubles with Vera Thomas in 1948. [6]
She also won an English Open title.
Personal life
She married Kent and Essex county player Ronnie Hook on 12 January 1950. [7]
See also
- List of table tennis players
- List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
- List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
References
- ^ "St Georgians beaten at Exeter". Herald Express. 20 November 1946. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Table Tennis Romance" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | c. 1925 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Margaret 'Peggy' Franks (born c. 1925) [1] is a former table tennis player from England.
Table tennis career
From 1947 to 1952 she won ten medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships. [2] [3]
The ten medals included three gold medals; [4] [5] two in team events with England at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships and 1948 World Table Tennis Championships and one in the women's doubles with Vera Thomas in 1948. [6]
She also won an English Open title.
Personal life
She married Kent and Essex county player Ronnie Hook on 12 January 1950. [7]
See also
- List of table tennis players
- List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
- List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
References
- ^ "St Georgians beaten at Exeter". Herald Express. 20 November 1946. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Table Tennis Romance" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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