Dora Beregi (8 August 1915 – 8 February 2011) was an international table tennis player from Hungary and later England and Australia.
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| Full name | Dóra Beregi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Hungary England  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 August 1915 Budapest, Austria-Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 February 2011 (aged 95) Sydney, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Table tennis career
editBeregi won a silver medal at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships with Ida Ferenczy in the doubles when representing Hungary.[1]
Being of Jewish descent she moved to England from Europe before the war and then represented England.[2]
Beregi was a member of the winning England team at the 1948 World Table Tennis Championships and in addition won two more medals in the doubles with Helen Elliot and Richard Bergmann respectively.[3]
Two more medals were won in the 1950 World Table Tennis Championships; a gold in the doubles with Helen Elliot and a bronze in the team event. She was also the winner of six English Open tournaments.
Beregi also participated in the Australian championships in Brisbane in 1950.[4] later she emigrated to Australia.[5]
Personal life
editBeregi married a Devonian Mr Devenney and became Dora Devenney.[6]
Beregi died in Sydney on 8 February 2011 at the age of 95.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Table Tennis". IOSH.
- ^ Dora in Ittf statistics
- ^ Participation in Australian Championship in 1950 The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Retrieved Tuesday 12 September 1950
- ^ Life and Beregi's Bat Archived May 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Pen Pictures". Table Tennis England. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ "Dora Beregi" (PDF). Table Tennis Australia.