Dora Emdin Explained

Dora M Emdin (4 August 1912 – 9 April 1945)^{[1] [2]} was a female English international table tennis player.^[3]

Table tennis career

She won a bronze medal at the 1934 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's singles.^{[4] [5]}

She won another bronze at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles with Margaret Osborne and a silver medal in the women's team. She also won five English Open titles.

Personal life

Her older sister Doris Lucy Emdin was also a notable table tennis international.^[6]

She married Jack Zillwood in 1940 and died, aged 32, after a short illness in 1945.

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Free Births, Deaths and Marriages. FreeBMD.org.uk.
2. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
3. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
4. Web site: Women's Singles results. https://web.archive.org/web/20120412005823/http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChWSingles.pdf. dead. 12 April 2012. International Table Tennis Federation.
5. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
6. Web site: History of U.S. Table Tennis Vol 1. USATT. 23 February 2018. 23 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180223232358/http://www.usatt.net/articles/history/history27.shtml. dead.