Dora Emdin
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| Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 August 1912 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1945 (aged 32–33) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dora M Emdin (4 August 1912 – 1945)[1][2] was a female English international table tennis player.[3]
Table tennis career[]
She won a bronze medal at the 1934 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's singles.[4][5]
She won another bronze at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles with Margaret Osborne and a silver medal in the women's team. She also won five English Open titles.
Personal life[]
Her older sister Doris Lucy Emdin was also a notable table tennis international.[6]
She married Jack Zillwood in 1940 and died, aged 32, after a short illness in 1945.
See also[]
- List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
- List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References[]
- ^ "Free Births, Deaths and Marriages". FreeBMD.org.uk.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Women's Singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "History of U.S. Table Tennis Vol 1". USATT.
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