Claude Bergeret (born 19 October 1954) is a female former international table tennis player from France.

Claude Bergeret
Personal information
Nationality France
Born (1954-10-19) 19 October 1954 (age 70)
Medal record
Table tennis
Representing  France
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1977 Birmingham Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Pyongyang Mixed doubles

Table tennis career

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She started playing table tennis at the age of 10 in Annecy. Her style of play was based on the counterattack.

From 1974 to 1979 she won three medals in mixed and women's doubles in the Table Tennis European Championships and two medals at the World Table Tennis Championships.[1][2]

She won a gold medal in the mixed doubles event with Jacques Secrétin at the 1977 World Table Tennis Championships in Birmingham.[3][4][5]

She was six time national singles champion.

Coaching

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She retired in 1982 and became coach of the France junior team from 1983 to 1985, then the senior team in 1986-1987 and later appointed Vice President of the European Table Tennis Federation.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Profile: Claude Bergeret". TableTennis.Guide. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ "SECRETIN Jacques (FRA)". ITTF.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.