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Nationality | United States | |||||||||||
Born | St. Louis | 2 September 1920|||||||||||
Died | 17 August 2011 90) St. Louis | (aged|||||||||||
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George Jack Henndry (1920-2011), was a male international table tennis player from the United States. [1]
He wod a bronze medal at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Bernard Grimes, James McClure, Lou Pagliaro and Sol Schiff for the United States. [2]
He won a first national junior championships in 1935. He reached an American national high ranking of 2 in the singles and 1 in the doubles. He later won 35 national seniors championships. [3]
Martin 'Marty' Reisman was an American champion table tennis player and author. He was the 1958 and 1960 U.S. Men's singles champion and the 1997 U.S. hardbat champion.
Laszlo Bellak was a Hungarian and American table tennis player.
Leah Thall-Neuberger, nicknamed Miss Ping, was an American table tennis player. She was ranked the # 3 table tennis player in the world in 1951.
Sean O'Neill is an American table tennis player and coach. He began playing table tennis in Virginia at the age of 8 with this father, Patrick, who was a nationally ranked junior player from Toledo, Ohio. O'Neill went on to win every US National Age Championship title, including the Under 11, 13, 15, 17, 21, and Over 30 events. In addition to the age events, O'Neill won the US National Men's Singles, Men's Doubles, and Mixed Doubles Championships.
Ruth Hughes Aarons was a US table tennis player, vaudeville entertainer, and talent manager.
Jacques Secrétin was a French international table tennis player. He was selected for the French national team at the age of 13 and became one of the most successful table tennis players in French history. In a 26-year career Secrétin was singles champion of France 17 times and European single champion in 1976. He won the gold medal in mixed doubles at the 1977 World Table Tennis Championships in Birmingham, England. Outside of competitions he formed a show with Vincent Purkart that demonstrated table tennis tricks and exhibitions, which made more than 4,000 performances. Secrétin remained an active veterans player until his death.
Zoran Kalinić is a Serbian retired table tennis player who represented SFR Yugoslavia (1976–1991) and FR Yugoslavia (1991–1998).
Li Zhenshi (Chinese: 李振恃; pinyin: Lǐ Zhènshì; Wade–Giles: Li3 Chen4-shih4), is a Chinese table tennis player and coach.
Zheng Minzhi also known as Cheng Min-chih is a former international table tennis player from China.
Erwin Klein was a male table tennis player from the United States, who four times US Open Table Tennis Singles Champion. His nickname was Chubby. He won a gold medal in the Mixed Doubles event at the World Table Tennis Championships in 1956.
Thelma Thall “Tybie” Sommer is the only living American woman to have won two World Table Tennis Championships.
Jessie 'Jay' Purves was an international table tennis player from the United States.
Tibor Házi born Tibor Hoffmann,, was a male international table tennis player from Hungary.
Li Henan is a former Chinese table tennis player and coach. She was one of the four members of the Chinese team that won China's first women's team gold medal at the 1965 World Table Tennis Championships in Ljubljana.
Frank Herbert David Wilde was a British tennis and table tennis player who played in the Davis Cup. He reached the final of the Wimbledon Championships on three occasions, twice in the men's doubles and once in mixed doubles.
Magda Gál (1907-1990), was a female Hungarian international table tennis player.
Emily Fuller is a former international table tennis player from the United States.
Dolores Probert Kuenz is a former international table tennis player from the United States.
Mildred Shahian is a former international table tennis player from the United States.
Bernard 'Bernie' Grimes was a male international table tennis player from the United States.