Helen Elliot (20 January 1927 – 12 January 2013) was an international

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player from

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Table tennis career

Helen started playing table tennis aged 16. In 1946 she won the first of 13 consecutive Scottish Open women's singles titles and was capped by Scotland the following year. From 1948 to 1957 she won seven medals in the

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. The seven medals included two golds at the

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and 1950 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles where she partnered Gizi Farkas and Dora Beregi respectively. She also won two

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titles.

Personal life

She coached at Butlins Holiday Camps with

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 ...

. She married and became Helen Hamilton-Elliot and was President of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Elliot, Helen 1927 births 2013 deaths British female table tennis players Scottish table tennis players

Table tennis career

Personal life

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