Kathleen Best (table tennis)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  England |
| Born | 1933 |
Cecilia 'Kathleen' Best (married name Thompson), was a female English international table tennis player.[1]
She won a bronze medal at the 1952 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event).[2][3] The following year at the 1953 World Table Tennis Championships she won two medals; a silver medal in the women's team and a bronze in the women's doubles with Ermelinde Wertl.[4]
At the 1954 World Table Tennis Championships she picked up her fourth and fifth World Championship medals; winning a bronze in the women's team and a silver in the women's doubles with Ann Haydon-Jones.
She married her coach Alan Thompson in 1952 in Yorkshire and won two English Open titles.
See also
[edit]- List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
- List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "1952 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Women's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012.
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