Jean Addie Bissett Bostock (née Nicoll, 14 December 1922 – 2 April 1965), was a female international

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and

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player from England.

Table tennis career

At the age of 16, she won the singles gold medal at the 1939

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and the 1940 doubles title with

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Tennis career

She was considered the most promising junior player in Great Britain before World War II, and she won all three events at the junior British Championships in 1938. She played at the

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listed as Mrs Jean Bostock and made the quarterfinals of the women's singles from 1946 to 1948. In the doubles event, she reached the semifinals in 1939 and from 1946 to 1948, partnering four different compatriots. Bostock won all three events at the 1946

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in Bournemouth, defeating Kay Menzies in straight sets in the singles final. In 1947 she won the singles title at the

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, and represented Great Britain in the

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, and 1948 Wightman Cup. She was ranked in the world top 10 in 1947 and 1948, and according to John Olliff of ''The Daily Telegraph'', reached a career high of world No. 6 in 1948.

Personal life

She married Edward 'Teddy' William Augustus Bostock on 30 January 1943 and played as Jean Bostock afterward. She died at the age of 42 in 1965 after an overdose of barbiturates.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bostock, Jean 1922 births 1965 deaths English female tennis players British female tennis players Tennis players from the London Borough of Harrow English female table tennis players People from Harrow, London

Table tennis career

Tennis career

Personal life

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