Lisa Jane Lomas-Bellinger ( Bellinger, born 9 March 1967) is a British former
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. She competed in the
1992
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and
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
.
Career
Lomas won a silver medal at the 1992
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 ...
, losing to
Bettine Vriesekoop
Hubertina Petronella Maria "Bettine" Vriesekoop (born 13 August 1961) is a former table tennis player from the Netherlands. She was European champion in 1982 and 1992 individually and in 1982 in mixed doubles. She competed at the 1988, 1992 and 1 ...
in the final. She was eliminated in the group stages of the women's singles competition at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
. Lomas won the women's singles event at the
English National Table Tennis Championships four times, and the women's doubles event nine times. Lomas and
Jackie Bellinger hold the record for most balls hit back and forth in 60 seconds; they set the record of 173 in 1993.
See also
*
List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
References
External links
Sports Reference
1967 births
English female table tennis players
Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic table tennis players for Great Britain
Living people
20th-century English sportswomen
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