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Gareth Herbert

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Gareth Herbert
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1980-11-20)November 20, 1980

Gareth Herbert is a male former international table tennis player from England.[1][2]

Table tennis career

He represented England at two World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) from 2000-2001.[3]

He won a gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the doubles with Andrew Baggaley. He also won three English National Table Tennis Championships titles.

Style of play

A forehand-oriented player, Herbert was notable for his skill as a server.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Table Tennis: Herbert goes solo". Telegraph.
  2. ^ "Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
  4. ^ "Gareth Herbert, the ace server" (PDF). tabletennisengland.co.uk. December 2000.
  5. ^ Woodford, John (25 April 2001). "Table Tennis: Herbert on song but England's run ends". telegraph.co.uk.