Bryan Merrett

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Bryan Merrett
Personal information
NationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Born(1934-11-01)1 November 1934
Gloucester, England
DiedAugust 2001(2001-08-00) (aged 66)
Gloucester, England
Medal record
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1955 Men's Team

Bryan Reginald Merrett was a male international table tennis player from England. [1]

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Table tennis career

He won a bronze medal at the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Richard Bergmann, Brian Kennedy, Johnny Leach and Alan Rhodes and for England. [2] [3]

He was a former England No 1, played in 100 internationals and won the Welsh Open in Cardiff in 1952. [4] He won two English National Table Tennis Championships titles in singles and doubles. [5]

Personal life

He married Shirley Hotchkins in 1957 and they spent their honeymoon on a Russian table tennis tour. [6] He died in August 2001 aged 66. [4]

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References

  1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Sports Round-up". Daily Telegraph.
  5. "Friday Photos No 46: Men's National Champions". Table Tennis England.
  6. "News page 21" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2018.