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Doris Gubbins

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Dorothy (Dolly) Gubbins
Personal information
Birth nameDorothy Eleanor Gubbins
NicknameDolly
Nationality Wales
Died1961
Medal record
Representing  Wales
World Table Tennis Championships
Silver medal – second place 1926 Women's Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1928 Women's Singles
Silver medal – second place 1928 Women's Doubles

Dorothy 'Dolly' Gubbins (married name Dorothy Evans) was a Welsh international table tennis player.[1]

Table tennis career

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She won a silver medal at the 1926 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's singles. Two years later she won a bronze medal in the women's singles[2] and another silver medal at the 1928 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles with Brenda Sommerville.[3] She also won three English Open titles.

Personal life

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She moved from Wales to Maidstone in Kent and her daughter June Evans was a county player for Kent.[4] She died in 1961.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Women's Singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  4. ^ "Mrs Dolly Evans obituary" (PDF). English Table Tennis Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2018.