Irene Ogus is a female former international
table tennis
Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...
player from
England
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.
Table tennis career
She won a
bronze medal
A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives ...
at the
1965 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1965 World Table tennis, Table Tennis Championships were held in Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Socialist Republic of Slovenia, SR Slovenia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia from April 15 to April 25, 1965.
Medalists Team
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in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) with
Diane Rowe
Diane Schöler (née Rowe; 14 April 1933 – 19 June 2023) was an English table tennis player. In 1966 she married German table tennis player Eberhard Schöler, and from that time on competed for West Germany. From 1951 to 1972 she won several ...
,
Lesley Bell and
Mary Shannon.
She also won a
gold medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture.
Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...
in the team event at the 1964
European Table Tennis Championships
The European Table Tennis Championships is an international table tennis competition for the national teams of the member associations of the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU). First held in 1958, the ETTU organised the European Championships ev ...
.
At the
1969 Maccabiah Games
At the 8th Maccabiah Games from July 29 to August 7, 1969, 1,450 athletes from 27 countries competed in 22 sports in Israel. The final gold medal count was the United States in first place (64), Israel second (48; though it won the greatest numb ...
in Israel, she won a silver medal in singles, and with
Leah Neuberger
Leah Thall-Neuberger (December 17, 1915 in Columbus, Ohio – January 25, 1993), nicknamed Miss Ping, was an American table tennis player. She was ranked the # 3 table tennis player in the world in 1951.
Table tennis career
Her six World Champio ...
won a gold medal in doubles, and with
Jeff Ingber won a gold medal in mixed doubles.
See also
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References
English female table tennis players
1944 births
Living people
Competitors at the 1969 Maccabiah Games
Maccabiah Games gold medalists
Maccabiah Games silver medalists
Maccabiah Games medalists in table tennis
World Table Tennis Championships medalists
20th-century English sportswomen
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