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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dora Beregi (8 August 1915 – 8 February 2011) was an international table tennis player from Hungary and later England and Australia.
Table tennis career
Beregi won a silver medal at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships with Ida Ferenczy in the doubles when representing Hungary.
Being of Jewish descent she moved to England from Europe before the war and then represented England.
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.
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. later she emigrated to Australia.
Personal life
Beregi married a Devonian Mr Devenney and became Dora Devenney.
Beregi died in Sydney on 8 February 2011 at the age of 95.
See also
- List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
- List of table tennis players
- List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References
- ^ "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.