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Joan Crosby
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Birth name	Joan Sophie Brock
Nationality	England
Born	1920; Exeter, Devon, England
Died	2013 (aged 92–93); Devon, England
Medal record
Representing England
World Table Tennis Championships

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Joan Sophie Crosby (née Brock; 1920–2013) was an English international table tennis player.^[2]

Table tennis career

Crosby won double silver at the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's team event^[3]^[4] and the women's doubles with Pinkie Barnes.^[5]

Personal life

Joan Brock married Donald "Driver" Peter Crosby in Exeter in September 1940.^[6] She died in Devon in 2013.^[7]

References

^ "Birth registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
^ "1949 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
^ "Women's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012.
^ "Late Advertisements". Express and Echo. 26 September 1940. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^ "Joan Sophie Crosby death record". GRO Index. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

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[1] "Birth registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

[2] "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.

[3] "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

[4] "1949 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

[5] "Women's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012.

[6] "Late Advertisements". Express and Echo. 26 September 1940. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[7] "Joan Sophie Crosby death record". GRO Index. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

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-'''Joan S Crosby''' (née Brock) was a female [[English people|English]] international [[table tennis]] player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=joan-crosby-130085|title=Profile|publisher=Table Tennis Guide}}</ref>
+'''Joan Sophie Crosby''' ({{née}} '''Brock'''; 1920–2013) was an English international [[table tennis]] player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=joan-crosby-130085|title=Profile|publisher=Table Tennis Guide}}</ref>
 ==Table tennis career==
+Crosby won double [[silver medal|silver]] at the [[1949 World Table Tennis Championships]] in the women's team event<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tischtennis-infos.de/content/download/ittf-turniere/|title=Corbillon Cup results|publisher=tischtennis-infos.de|access-date=7 May 2018|archive-date=5 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505034830/http://www.tischtennis-infos.de/content/download/ittf-turniere/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1948-49/tt_issue56.pdf|title=1949 Corbillon Cup results|publisher=Table Tennis England|access-date=7 May 2018|archive-date=25 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925140430/https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1948-49/tt_issue56.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the women's doubles with [[Pinkie Barnes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChResultsWD.pdf|title=Women's doubles results|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412045730/http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChResultsWD.pdf|archive-date=2012-04-12}}</ref>
-She won double [[silver medal|silver]] at the [[1949 World Table Tennis Championships]] in the women's team event and the women's doubles with [[Pinkie Barnes]].
-==Personal Life==
+==Personal life==
+Joan Brock married Donald "Driver" Peter Crosby in [[Exeter]] in September 1940.<ref>{{cite news |title=Late Advertisements |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?basicsearch=joan%20brock%20crosby&retrievecountrycounts=false |access-date=2 February 2023 |publisher=Express and Echo |date=26 September 1940}}</ref> She died in Devon in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joan Sophie Crosby death record |url=https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp#Results |website=GRO Index |access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref>
-She married Donald Crosby in 1940.
 ==See also==
-* [[List of table tennis players]]
+* [[List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships]]
 * [[List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists]]
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