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| Nationality |  England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | c. 1908 Epping, England | ||||||||||||||
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Kathleen Berry (born 1908 or 1909) was a noted English table tennis player who had her first success in a game played at Harrods in February 1922 when she was thirteen. [1] [2]
Berry's greatest international success was in mixed doubles at the 1934 World Table Tennis Championships where she was paired with Laszlo Bellak. [3] Information about her becomes scarce after her competing in the 1935 World Table Tennis Championships. [4] [5]
Berry competed in the mixed doubles event at the 1926 World Table Tennis Championships with her brother Reginald Henry Berry.
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