Bryan Merrett
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| Nationality | File:Flag of England.svg England | |||||||||||
| Born | 1 November 1934 Gloucester, England | |||||||||||
| Died | August 2001 (aged 66) Gloucester, England | |||||||||||
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Bryan Reginald Merrett was a male international table tennis player from England.[1]
Table tennis career
[edit | edit source]He won a bronze medal at the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Richard Bergmann, Brian Kennedy, Johnny Leach and Alan Rhodes and for England.[2][3]
He was a former England No 1, played in 100 internationals and won the Welsh Open in Cardiff in 1952.[4] He won two English National Table Tennis Championships titles in singles and doubles.[5]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He married Shirley Hotchkins in 1957 and they spent their honeymoon on a Russian table tennis tour.[6] He died in August 2001 aged 66.[4]
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
- List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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