Margaret Franks
British table tennis player
Margaret 'Peggy' Franks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationality | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | c. 1925 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Margaret 'Peggy' Franks (born c. 1925)[1] is a former table tennis player from England.
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]
See also
- List of table tennis players
- List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
- List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
References
- ^ "St Georgians beaten at Exeter". Herald Express. 20 November 1946. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Table Tennis Romance" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
- v
- t
- e
- 1928:
Fanchette Flamm (AUT) &
Mária Mednyánszky (HUN)
- 1929:
Erika Metzger & Mona Rüster (GER)
- 1930:
Mária Mednyánszky & Anna Sipos (HUN)
- 1931:
Mária Mednyánszky & Anna Sipos (HUN)
- 1932:
Mária Mednyánszky & Anna Sipos (HUN)
- 1933:
Mária Mednyánszky & Anna Sipos (HUN)
- 1934:
Mária Mednyánszky & Anna Sipos (HUN)
- 1935:
Mária Mednyánszky & Anna Sipos (HUN)
- 1936:
Marie Kettnerová & Marie Šmídová (TCH)
- 1937:
Vlasta Depetrisová & Věra Votrubcová (TCH)
- 1938:
Vlasta Depetrisová & Věra Votrubcová (TCH)
- 1939:
Hilde Bussmann & Gertrude Pritzi (GER)
- 1947:
Gizella Farkas (HUN) &
Gertrude Pritzi (AUT)
- 1948:
Margaret Franks & Vera Thomas (ENG)
- 1949:
Helen Elliot (SCO) &
Gizella Farkas (HUN)
- 1950:
Dora Beregi (ENG) &
Helen Elliot (SCO)
- 1951:
Diane Rowe & Rosalind Rowe (ENG)
- 1952:
Shizuka Narahara & Tomie Nishimura (JPN)
- 1953:
Gizella Gervai (HUN) &
Angelica Rozeanu (ROU)
- 1954:
Diane Rowe & Rosalind Rowe (ENG)
- 1955:
Angelica Rozeanu & Ella Zeller (ROU)
- 1956:
Angelica Rozeanu & Ella Zeller (ROU)
- 1957:
Lívia Mossóczy & Agnes Simon (HUN)
- 1959:
Taeko Namba & Kazuko Yamaizumi (JPN)
- 1961:
Maria Alexandru & Georgeta Pitică (ROU)
- 1963:
Kimiyo Matsuzaki & Masako Seki (JPN)
- 1965:
Lin Huiqing & Zheng Minzhi (CHN)
- 1967:
Saeko Hirota & Sachiko Morisawa (JPN)
- 1969:
Svetlana Grinberg & Zoja Rudnova (URS)
- 1971:
Lin Huiqing & Zheng Minzhi (CHN)
- 1973:
Maria Alexandru (ROU) &
Miho Hamada (JPN)
- 1975:
Maria Alexandru (ROU) &
Shoko Takahashi (JPN)
- 1977:
Pak Yong-ok (PRK) &
Yang Ying (born 1953) (CHN)
- 1979:
Zhang Deying & Zhang Li (CHN)
- 1981:
Cao Yanhua & Zhang Deying (CHN)
- 1983:
Dai Lili & Shen Jianping (CHN)
- 1985:
Dai Lili & Geng Lijuan (CHN)
- 1987:
Hyun Jung-hwa & Yang Young-ja (KOR)
- 1989:
Deng Yaping & Qiao Hong (CHN)
- 1991:
Chen Zihe & Gao Jun (CHN)
- 1993:
Liu Wei & Qiao Yunping (CHN)
- 1995:
Deng Yaping & Qiao Hong (CHN)
- 1997:
Deng Yaping & Yang Ying (born 1977) (CHN)
- 1999:
Li Ju & Wang Nan (CHN)
- 2001:
Li Ju & Wang Nan (CHN)
- 2003:
Wang Nan & Zhang Yining (CHN)
- 2005:
Wang Nan & Zhang Yining (CHN)
- 2007:
Wang Nan & Zhang Yining (CHN)
- 2009:
Guo Yue & Li Xiaoxia (CHN)
- 2011:
Guo Yue & Li Xiaoxia (CHN)
- 2013:
Guo Yue & Li Xiaoxia (CHN)
- 2015:
Liu Shiwen & Zhu Yuling (CHN)
- 2017:
Ding Ning & Liu Shiwen (CHN)
- 2019:
Sun Yingsha & Wang Manyu (CHN)
- 2021:
Sun Yingsha & Wang Manyu (CHN)
- 2023:
Chen Meng & Wang Yidi (CHN)
![]() ![]() | This biographical article relating to a British table tennis figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e