Margaret 'Peggy' Franks
Nationality England
Bornc.1925
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  England
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Bombay Team
Bronze medal – third place 1951 Vienna Team
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Budapest Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 1949 Stockholm Mixed
Silver medal – second place 1949 Stockholm Team
Gold medal – first place 1948 Wembley Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1948 Wembley Team
Bronze medal – third place 1947 Paris Mixed
Gold medal – first place 1947 Paris Team

Margaret 'Peggy' Franks (born c.1925)[1] is a former table tennis player from England.

Table tennis career

From 1947 to 1952 she won ten medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2][3]

The ten medals included three gold medals;[4][5] two in team events with England at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships and 1948 World Table Tennis Championships and one in the women's doubles with Vera Thomas in 1948.[6]

She also won an English Open title.

Personal life

She married Kent and Essex county player Ronnie Hook on 12 January 1950.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "St Georgians beaten at Exeter". Herald Express. 20 November 1946. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  6. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  7. ^ "Table Tennis Romance" (PDF). Table Tennis England.


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