Jill Rook (married name Mills) is a former international table tennis and tennis player from England.[1]

Jill Rook (Mills)
Personal information
Nationality England
Born1936
Died2019
EducationWimbledon High School
Medal record
Representing  England
World Table Tennis Championships
Silver medal – second place 1956 Women's Team

Table tennis career

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Rook won a silver medal at the 1956 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) with Diane Rowe and Ann Haydon for England.[2][3]

Rook also won a gold medal in the team event at the European Table Tennis Championships and won two English National Table Tennis Championships titles.

Tennis career

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Rook appeared at the Wimbledon tennis championships from 1955 to 1965.[4]

Personal life

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Rook married Alan Mills in 1960.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Wimbledon record" (PDF). Wimbledon.com.
  5. ^ "Jill engaged" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2018.