Kathleen Best (table tennis)

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Kathleen Best
Personal information
NationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Born1933
Medal record
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1952 Women's Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1953 Women's Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1953 Women's Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1954 Women's Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1954 Women's Doubles

Cecilia 'Kathleen' Best (married name Thompson), was a female English international table tennis player. [1]

She won a bronze medal at the 1952 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event). [2] [3] The following year at the 1953 World Table Tennis Championships she won two medals; a silver medal in the women's team and a bronze in the women's doubles with Ermelinde Wertl. [4]

At the 1954 World Table Tennis Championships she picked up her fourth and fifth World Championship medals; winning a bronze in the women's team and a silver in the women's doubles with Ann Haydon-Jones.

She married her coach Alan Thompson in 1952 in Yorkshire and won two English Open titles.

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ↑ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "1952 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Women's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012.


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