Margaret Franks

Margaret 'Peggy' Franks
Personal information
Nationality England
Bornc. 1925
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  England
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1952 BombayTeam
Bronze medal – third place1951 ViennaTeam
Bronze medal – third place1950 BudapestDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1950 BudapestTeam
Bronze medal – third place1949 StockholmMixed
Silver medal – second place1949 StockholmTeam
Gold medal – first place1948 WembleyDoubles
Gold medal – first place1948 WembleyTeam
Bronze medal – third place1947 ParisMixed
Gold medal – first place1947 ParisTeam

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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