Dora Emdin
Dora M Emdin (1912–1945),[1][2] was a female English international table tennis player.[3]
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Table tennis career
She won a bronze medal at the 1934 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's singles.[4][5]
She won another bronze at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles with Margaret Osborne and a silver medal in the women's team. She also won five English Open titles.
Personal life
Her older sister Doris Lucy Emdin was also a notable table tennis international.[6]
She married Jack Zillwood in 1940 and died, aged just 32, after a short illness in 1945.
See also
References
- "Free Births, Deaths and Marriages". FreeBMD.org.uk.
- "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- "Women's Singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation.
- "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- "History of U.S. Table Tennis Vol 1". USATT.
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