Jill Parker-Hammersley-Shirley
Jill Parker-Hammersley-Shirley is a former female table tennis player from England.
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Jill Hammersley-Parker with former England internationals Nicky Jarvis (left) and husband Donald Parker (centre)
Table Tennis
From 1972 to 1982 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships [1] She was ranked number one in England during the early 1970s.[2]
She also won four English Open titles.
Personal life
She changed her name from Jill Shirley to Jill Hammersley after marrying Nicky Hammersley on 3 July 1970.[2] She later married fellow England international Donald Parker and they had two children. Their daughter Katy Parker represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the table tennis mixed doubles and their son Adam was a semi-professional cricketer.[3]
See also
References
- ITTF_Database
- Yates, George (1971). Table Tennis News, Official Journal of the English Table Tennis Association, page 4. Wallace (Printers) Ltd.
- "Donald's still at the top table". Lancashire Post.
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