Claude Bergeret (born 19 October 1954) is a female former international

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player from

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Table tennis career

She started playing table tennis at the age of 10 in

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. Her style of play was based on the counterattack. From 1974 to 1979 she won three medals in mixed and women's doubles in the

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and two medals at the

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. She won a

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in the mixed doubles event with

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at the

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. She was six time national singles champion.

Coaching

She retired in 1982 and became coach of the France junior team from 1983 to 1985, then the senior team in 1986-1987 and later appointed Vice President of the European Table Tennis Federation.

References

1954 births Living people French female table tennis players World Table Tennis Championships medalists 20th-century French women 21st-century French women {{France-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

Coaching

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