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Jill Rook

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Jill Rook (Mills)
Personal information
Nationality England
Born1936
Medal record
Representing  England
World Table Tennis Championships
Silver medal – second place 1956 Women's Team

Jill Rook (married name Mills), is a female former international table tennis and tennis player from England.[1]

Table tennis career

She won a silver medal at the 1956 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) with Diane Rowe and Ann Haydon for England.[2][3]

She also won a gold medal in the team event at the European Table Tennis Championships and won two English National Table Tennis Championships titles.

Tennis career

She appeared at the Wimbledon tennis championships from 1955-1965.[4]

Personal life

She married Alan Mills in 1960.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
  4. ^ "Wimbledon record" (PDF). Wimbledon.com.
  5. ^ "Jill engaged" (PDF). Table Tennis England.