Kathleen Best (table tennis)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | England |
| Born | 8 January 1933 Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 10 May 2004 (aged 71) Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
Cecilia Kathleen Best (née Thompson; 8 January 1933 – 10 May 2004) was an English international table tennis player.[1]
Biography
Best won a bronze medal at the 1952 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event).[2][3] The following year at the 1953 World Table Tennis Championships she won two medals; a silver medal in the women's team and a bronze in the women's doubles with Ermelinde Wertl.[4]
At the 1954 World Table Tennis Championships she picked up her fourth and fifth World Championship medals; winning a bronze in the women's team and a silver in the women's doubles with Ann Haydon-Jones.
Best married her coach Alan Thompson in 1952, in Yorkshire, and won two English Open titles. She died in Leeds on 10 May 2004, at the age of 71.[5]
See also
- List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
- List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "1952 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Women's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012.
- ^ "Cecilia Kathleen Thompson b. 1933". GRO Index. Retrieved 2 January 2025.