Henry Thomas Venner (1923 – 12 April 2015), was a male international

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Table tennis career

Venner won three medals at the

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in the Swaythling Cup (men's team) event. He was an all-out attacking player and used a hard rubber bat for the majority of his career before switching to a sandwich bat. He later became a coach and ran the Putney Club. He died on 12 April 2015.

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English male table tennis players 1923 births 2015 deaths World Table Tennis Championships medalists 20th-century English sportsmen {{UK-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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