Dora Emdin

Dora M Emdin (1912–1945),[1][2] was a female English international table tennis player.[3]

Dora Emdin
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1912-08-04)August 4, 1912
Died1945
Medal record
Representing  England
World Table Tennis Championships
1934Women's Singles
1938Women's Doubles
1938Women's Team

Table tennis career

She won a bronze medal at the 1934 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's singles.[4][5]

She won another bronze at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles with Margaret Osborne and a silver medal in the women's team. She also won five English Open titles.

Personal life

Her older sister Doris Lucy Emdin was also a notable table tennis international.[6]

She married Jack Zillwood in 1940 and died, aged just 32, after a short illness in 1945.

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See also

References
  1. "Free Births, Deaths and Marriages". FreeBMD.org.uk.
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  4. "Women's Singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  5. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  6. "History of U.S. Table Tennis Vol 1". USATT.
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