Jessie Purves

Jessie 'Jay' Purves
Nationality  United States

Jessie 'Jay' Purves is a former international table tennis player from the United States.[1]

Table tennis career

She won two World Championship medals[2] including a gold medal in the Women's Team event at the 1937 World Table Tennis Championships.[3] [4] [5]

Hall of Fame

She was inducted into the USA Hall of Fame in 1979.[6]

See also

References

  1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=5769
  4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  6. "Hall of Fame Inductees". USATT.
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