Joanna Drinkhall Explained

Joanna Drinkhall (née Parker, born 10 June 1987) is a British table tennis player.

Career

She grew up in Chertsey. She trained at the national academy in Nottingham, from 1999 to 2003. Then she played for a Berlin club. She is currently playing in France for TT Saint Quentin.[1]

Joanna has won national singles titles at U12, Cadet, Junior, U21 and Senior levels, girls’ doubles titles at U12, Cadet and Junior and both women's and mixed doubles at Senior level.[2]

She won a bronze medal at the 2009 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles.

She won a bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the mixed doubles with Paul Drinkhall.[3] This was the first Commonwealth table tennis medal won by an English woman.[4]

She competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5] In Women's singles, in round 1, she defeated Caroline Kumahara, but in the second round, she lost to Kristin Silbereisen. In Women's team, the team lost to Korea in their first match.[6]

In June 2014, she was ranked No 1 in England[7] and 109th in the world.[8]

Joanna and Paul Drinkhall won gold in the mixed doubles competition at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, defeating fellow English pairing Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho in the final.[9]

Personal life

Parker married Paul Drinkhall, a British table tennis player in August 2013.[10]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Site du TTSQ - Tennis de Table de St-Quentin. www.tennis-table-saint-quentin.fr.
  2. Web site: Mark Bates Ltd National Championships.
  3. Web site: Joanna Parker: Table Tennis | Featured Athletes | Extras | London Games | BBC America . 2013-07-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140514033001/http://www.bbcamerica.com/london-games/extras/featured-athletes/joanna-parker-table-tennis/ . 2014-05-14 .
  4. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Joanna Drinkhall Profile. g2014results.thecgf.com. 2016-12-28.
  5. Web site: Olympics | Olympic Games, Medals, Results & Latest News. https://web.archive.org/web/20120801101402/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/parker-joanna-1076038/ . dead . 1 August 2012. Olympics.com.
  6. Web site: Joanna Parker Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040432/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/joanna-parker-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 2016-12-28.
  7. Web site: Archived copy . 30 June 2014 . 14 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144618/http://tabletennisengland.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Ranking-Lists-Period-229.pdf . dead .
  8. Web site: World ranking . 2011-11-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407031239/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/ . 2014-04-07 .
  9. Web site: Glasgow 2014: Paul and Joanna Drinkhall win mixed doubles gold . . 2 August 2014 . bbc.co.uk. 2 August 2014.
  10. Web site: Home.

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