Joanna Drinkhall (née Parker, born 10 June 1987) is a British

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.

Career

She grew up in

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. She trained at the national academy in

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, from 1999 to 2003. Then she played for a Berlin club. She is currently playing in France for TT Saint Quentin. Joanna has won national singles titles at U12, Cadet, Junior, U21 and Senior levels, girls’ doubles titles at U12, Cadet and Junior and both women's and mixed doubles at Senior level. She won a bronze medal at the 2009

Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships The Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships was born at a meeting of Commonwealth delegates in Munich at the 1969 World Championships. Prior to inclusion in the Commonwealth Games proper in 2002, 15 Commonwealth Championships have taken place since ...

in the women's doubles. She won 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 receiv ...

at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, ...

in the mixed doubles with Paul Drinkhall. This was the first Commonwealth table tennis medal won by an English woman. She competed for Great Britain at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...

. In Women's singles, in round 1, she defeated Caroline Kumahara, but in the second round, she lost to Kristin Silbereisen. In Women's team, the team lost to Korea in their first match. In June 2014, she was ranked No 1 in England and 109th in the world. Joanna and Paul Drinkhall won gold in the mixed doubles competition at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

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, defeating fellow English pairing

Liam Pitchford Liam Benjamin Pitchford (born 12 July 1993) is a British table tennis player. He is sponsored by Victas. Career Pitchford began playing table tennis when he was eight years old. He won the British Home Countries Championship in 2009, and two Co ...

and

Tin-Tin Ho Tin-Tin Ho (born 3 September 1998) is an English table tennis player, born and raised in London. She has won multiple national titles, as well as two Commonwealth silver medals, and appeared at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career 2014 Commonwealth ...

in the final.

Personal life

Parker married

Paul Drinkhall Paul Andrew Drinkhall (born 16 January 1990) is a British table tennis player. He won the English Championship in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017. Career Drinkhall was born in Middlesbrough. His career in table tennis started in 1997 whe ...

, a British table tennis player in August 2013.

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English female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for Great Britain 1987 births Living people Table tennis players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Table tennis players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Sportspeople from Chertsey Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{UK-tabletennis-bio-stub

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