Aubrey Simons (1921–2014) was a male former international

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player from

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. He won a gold medal at the

1953 World Table Tennis Championships The 1953 World Table Tennis Championships were held at the Floreasca and Dynamo Halls in Bucharest from March 20 to March 29, 1953. Medalists Team Individual References External links ITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships Wor ...

in the Swaythling Cup (men's team) event with

Richard Bergmann Richard Bergmann (10 April 1919 – 5 April 1970) was an Austrian and British international table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total. He is co ...

, Adrian Haydon, Johnny Leach and Brian Kennedy for England. In addition he won another five medals at the

World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tennis competitions sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include me ...

including a mixed doubles

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with Helen Elliot at the

1955 World Table Tennis Championships The 1955 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Utrecht from April 16 to April 24, 1955. Medalists Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World ...

. He also won two English Open titles. He died in 2014.

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English male table tennis players 1921 births 2014 deaths World Table Tennis Championships medalists {{UK-tabletennis-bio-stub

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