Peggy McLean
| Peggy McLean | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Margaret Rinn McLean | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 8, 1927 Hollis, Queens, New York City | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | Connecticut | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Aggressive | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 lb (50 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Margaret 'Peggy' McLean (married name Folke), (born July 8, 1927) is a former international table tennis player from the United States.[1]
Table tennis career[]
She has won two World Championship medals including a gold medal in the women's team event at the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships.[2][3] [4]
In addition she won a mixed doubles bronze medal with Marty Reisman in 1949.[5] She also won two English Open titles.
Hall of Fame[]
She was inducted into the USA Hall of Fame in 1980.[6]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2013-02-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". USATT.
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