Phyllis Hodgkinson was a female
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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.
She won a
silver medal
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in the women's team event and a
bronze medal in the women's doubles with
Doris Jordan at the
1938 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1938 World Table Tennis Championships were held in London from January 24 to January 29, 1938. The pool stages were held at the Royal Albert Hall with the finals at the Wembley Empire Pool and Sports Arena.
Medalists Team
Individual
Refe ...
.
She was an all-round sportswoman playing lawn tennis for Kingsway and Lensbury, badminton, cricket for Gunnersbury Ladies and field hockey for Chiswick.
She married Keith Lauder in 1947 and became Phyllis Lauder.
See also
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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Results of individual events
The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed).
Men's singles
Medal table
Women's singles
The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ...
References
English female table tennis players
World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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