Margaret Osborne (table tennis)

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Margaret Osborne (Knott)
Personal information
Full nameMargaret Osborne (Knott)
Nationality England
Born1919
Birmingham
Medal record
Representing  England
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1935 Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 1937 Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 1938 Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 1947 Women's team

Lucy 'Margaret' Osborne (married name Knott), (born 1919), is a former female international table tennis and tennis player from England.[1]

Table tennis career[]

She won five World Table Tennis Championship medals;[2] In the 1935 World Table Tennis Championships she won a mixed doubles bronze medal with Adrian Haydon and two years later she won another bronze with Wendy Woodhead in the women's doubles at the 1937 World Table Tennis Championships.

Two more medals were won during the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships in the singles and in the doubles with Dora Emdin. A gold medal was finally won when she was a member of the winning team in the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships.[3][4] She also won eight English Open titles.

Tennis career[]

She played at The Championships, Wimbledon listed as Mrs BW Knott from 1949 to 1952.[5]

Personal life[]

She married Basil W. Knott on 25 January 1947 in Birmingham and played under the name Knott afterwards.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  4. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  5. ^ "Player profile – Margaret Knott". Wimbledon. AELTC.

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