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Kenneth Craigie

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Kenneth Craigie
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1924-04-15)15 April 1924
Lambeth, London, England
Died8 November 2003(2003-11-08) (aged 79)
Richmond, Surrey, England
Medal record
Representing  England
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Men's Team

Kenneth Ronald Craigie (15 April 1924 – 8 November 2003), better known as Ken Craigie, was an English international table tennis player.[1]

Table tennis career

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Craigie won a bronze medal at the 1954 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team) event with Richard Bergmann, Johnny Leach, Aubrey Simons and Harry Venner for England.[2]

He coached the twin sisters Diane Rowe and Rosalind Rowe at the West Ealing Table Tennis Club.[3]

Personal life and death

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Craigie was born in Lambeth, London on 15 April 1924. He died after a long illness in Richmond, Surrey on 8 November 2003, at the age of 79.[4][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ^ "Rosalind Rowe: Table tennis player who became a multiple world champion before retiring at the age of 22 to get married". The Independent.
  4. ^ "Ken Craigie obituary" (PDF). Bridge Webs. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Mr. Kenneth Ronald Craigie". England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2019. Retrieved 8 January 2022.