Emily Bolton (table tennis)

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Emily Bolton
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NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 26)
Askam, Cumbria, England
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SportTable tennis
ClubSt Quentinois (France)

Emily Bolton (born 10 February 1998) is an English international table tennis player. [1] She is a doubles national champion and has represented England at the Commonwealth Games. [2]

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Biography

Bolton won the national women's doubles title in 2020, alongside Denise Payet, and also claimed a singles bronze medal in the same year at the English National Table Tennis Championships. At the 2022 edition she and Charlotte Bardsley were beaten by Tin-Tin Ho & Maria Tsaptsinos in the women's doubles final. [3] [1]

In 2022, she was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where she competed in two events; the women's doubles and the women's team events. England reached the quarter-finals in the latter event. [2] [3] Bolton had replaced the injured Mollie Patterson in the England squad. [4]

In 2024, she won a 3rd women's doubles title at the English National Championships, held at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Emily Bolton gets Team England call-up". Table Tennis England. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Team England profile". Team England. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. "Askam in Furness table-tennis player Emily Bolton joins Team England for Commonwealth Games". The Mail. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. "Seven's heaven for Drinkhall and it's six of the best for Ho". Table Tennis England. Retrieved 25 March 2024.