Winifred H Land was a female

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international

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player. She won double

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at the

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in the women's singles and women's doubles with H.A. Bennett. Two years later she won double bronze again at the

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in the mixed doubles with

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and the women's doubles with Joan Ingram. She played for the Herga Club in Harrow and also won three

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titles.

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

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