Doris Gubbins
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Doris 'Dolly' Gubbins (married name Doris Evans) was a Welsh international table tennis player.[1]
Table tennis career[]
She won a silver medal at the 1926 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's singles. Two years later she won a bronze medal in the women's singles[2] and another silver medal at the 1928 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles with Brenda Sommerville.[3] She also won three English Open titles.
Personal life[]
She moved from Wales to Maidstone in Kent and her daughter June Evans was a county player for Kent.[4] She died in 1961.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Women's Singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "Mrs Dolly Evans obituary" (PDF). English Table Tennis Association.
Categories:
- Welsh female table tennis players
- 1961 deaths
- World Table Tennis Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Bridgend
- British table tennis biography stubs