Betty Gray (1920–2018) was a female Welsh international
table tennis player.
Table tennis career
She started playing at the age of 19 in 1939 at the Young Conservatives' Club, Swansea.
She 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 ...
in the
1951 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1951 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Vienna from March 2 to March 11, 1951.
Medalists Team
Individual
References
External linksITTF Museum
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in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) with
Audrey Bates
Audrey Glenys Bates (1922-2001) was a Welsh international in four sports for Wales: table tennis, tennis squash and lacrosse.
Early life
She was educated at Howell's School, Llandaff, and was later the school's games coach.
Table tennis care ...
and
Audrey Coombs for Wales.
She played more than 250 times for Wales
and for 25 consecutive years she won the Swansea and District Championship Cup.
Awards
She received an MBE and in 2012 was chosen to be a torch bearer when the 2012 Olympic Torch toured Swansea.
Later life
Betty was the President of the Welsh Table Tennis Association. She died in 2018.
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See also
* List of table tennis players
* List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References
1920 births
2018 deaths
Welsh female table tennis players
Sportspeople from Neath Port Talbot
World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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