David Jones was a male

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

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. He won a

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

at the

1931 World Table Tennis Championships The 5th World Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest from February 10 to February 15, 1931. Medalists Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships Wo ...

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

1932 World Table Tennis Championships The 6th World Table Tennis Championships were held in Prague from 25 to 30 January 1932. Medalists Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World Table Ten ...

in the men's doubles with

Charlie Bull Charles Harry Bull (29 March 1909 – 28 May 1939) was an English sportsman who played in 175 first-class cricket matches between 1929 and 1939 for Kent County Cricket Club and later for Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Bull also represented ...

. His third medal came in the 1933 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) for England. He twice beat the great

Viktor Barna Viktor Győző Barna (Braun) (24 August 1911 – 27 February 1972) was a Hungarian and British champion table tennis player as well as a record five times singles World Champion. He won 41 World Championship medals and also won 20 English O ...

in Swaythling Cup matches.

References

English male table tennis players World Table Tennis Championships medalists {{UK-tabletennis-bio-stub

See also

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