Margaret Franks

Margaret 'Peggy' Franks is a former female table tennis player from England.

Margaret 'Peggy' Franks
Nationality	England
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  England World Championships 1952 Bombay Team 1951 Vienna Team 1950 Budapest Doubles 1950 Budapest Team 1949 Stockholm Mixed 1949 Stockholm Team 1948 Wembley Doubles 1948 Wembley Team 1947 Paris Mixed 1947 Paris Team

Table tennis career

From 1947 to 1952 she won ten medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[1][2]

The ten medals included three gold medals;[3][4] 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.[5]

She also won an English Open title.

Personal life

She married Kent and Essex county player Ronnie Hook on 12 January 1950.[6]

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
• List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships

References

1. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
2. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=2134
3. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
4. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
5. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
6. "Table Tennis Romance" (PDF). Table Tennis England.