Adele Wood
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| Nationality |  England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1932 [1] Manchester, England[2] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Adele Wood is an English former international table tennis player.[3]
Table tennis career
[edit]She won a silver medal at the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) with Pinkie Barnes, Joan Crosby and Peggy Franks for England.[4]
Wood played her last representative match in 1958, after marrying Len Pettifer.[5][6]
See also
[edit]- List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
- List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References
[edit]- ^ Cohen, Leslie (11 February 1948). "Adele Wood in Good Form". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Birth registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Adele plays in last big game". Manchester Evening News. 3 April 1958. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Both Pettifers in semi-finals". Evening Post. 23 April 1963. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
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