Katy Parker (table tennis)

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Katy Parker
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NationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Born1985
Preston, Lancashire, England

Katy Parker is a female former international table tennis player from England. [1]

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Table tennis career

Parker represented England aged just 12 [2] and in 2001 represented England at the 2001 World Team Table Tennis Championships (Corbillon Cup women's team event) with Helen Lower, Natalie Bawden and Louise Durrant. The following year she was selected by England for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. [3]

She became a coach in 2008. [2]

Personal life

She is the daughter of former international players Jill Hammersley and Donald Parker.

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References

  1. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. 1 2 "Katy returns to full-time table tennis". Lancashire Evening Post.
  3. "Commonwealth Games: Parkers make the Games a family affair". Daily Telegraph.