Margaret Franks
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Margaret 'Peggy' Franks is a former female 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.[1][2]
The ten medals included three gold medals;[3][4] 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.[5]
She also won an English Open title.
Personal life[]
She married Kent and Essex county player Ronnie Hook on 12 January 1950.[6]
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[]
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=2134[bare URL]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- English female table tennis players
- British table tennis biography stubs