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Joan Crosby
Personal information
Birth nameJoan Sophie Brock
Nationality England
Born1920
Exeter, Devon, England[1]
Died2013(2013-00-00) (aged 92–93)
Devon, England
Medal record
Representing  England
World Table Tennis Championships
Silver medal – second place 1949 Women's Team
Silver medal – second place 1949 Women's Doubles

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]

See also

References

  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.