Alan Rhodes is a male former international

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player from

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. He won a

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

at the

1955 World Table Tennis Championships The 1955 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Utrecht from April 16 to April 24, 1955. Medalists Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World ...

in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with

Richard Bergmann Richard Bergmann (10 April 1919 – 5 April 1970) was an Austrian and British international table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total. He is cons ...

, Brian Kennedy,

Johnny Leach John Alfred Leach MBE (20 November 1922 – 5 June 2014) was a British table tennis player, coach, and author. He began competing at a relatively old age, 17, before serving in World War II. During the war, he greatly elevated his game an ...

and

Bryan Merrett Bryan Reginald Merrett was a male international table tennis player from England. Table tennis career He won a bronze medal at the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Richard Bergmann, Brian Kenn ...

for England. He represented his county Middlesex.

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English male table tennis players Living people World Table Tennis Championships medalists Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-tabletennis-bio-stub

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