Jill Rook (married name Mills), is a female former international

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and

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player from

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Table tennis career

She won a silver medal at the

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in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) with

Diane Rowe Diane Schöler (née Rowe on 14 April 1933) is a retired table tennis player from England. In 1966 she married German table tennis player Eberhard Schöler, and since then competed for West Germany. From 1951 to 1972 she won several medals in ...

and Ann Haydon for England. She also won a gold medal in the team event at the

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and won two English National Table Tennis Championships titles.

Tennis career

She appeared at the

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from 1955 to 1965.

Personal life

She married Alan Mills in 1960.

References

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Table tennis career

Tennis career

Personal life

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