Margaret Franks

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Margaret 'Peggy' Franks
NationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Bornc. 1925
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1952 Bombay Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1951 Vienna Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1950 Budapest Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1950 Budapest Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1949 Stockholm Mixed
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1949 Stockholm Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1948 Wembley Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1948 Wembley Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1947 Paris Mixed
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1947 Paris Team

Margaret 'Peggy' Franks (born c. 1925) [1] is a former table tennis player from England.

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Table tennis career

From 1947 to 1952 she won ten medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships. [2] [3]

The ten medals included three gold medals; [4] [5] two in team events with England at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships and 1948 World Table Tennis Championships and one in the women's doubles with Vera Thomas in 1948. [6]

She also won an English Open title.

Personal life

She married Kent and Essex county player Ronnie Hook on 12 January 1950. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "St Georgians beaten at Exeter". Herald Express. 20 November 1946. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ↑ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN   0-316-72645-1.
  5. ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312 . Guinness Superlatives. ISBN   0-85112-492-5.
  6. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  7. ↑ "Table Tennis Romance" (PDF). Table Tennis England.


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