Margaret Franks Explained

Margaret 'Peggy' Franks
Birth Date:	1925
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Margaret 'Peggy' Franks (born 1925)^[1] is a former table tennis player from England.

Table tennis career

From 1947 to 1952 she won ten medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.^{[2] [3]}

The ten medals included three gold medals;^{[4] [5]} two in team events with England at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships and 1948 World Table Tennis Championships and one in the women's doubles with Vera Thomas in 1948.^[6]

She also won an English Open title.

Personal life

She married Kent and Essex county player Ronnie Hook on 12 January 1950.^[7]

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
• List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships

Notes and References

1. News: St Georgians beaten at Exeter . 23 May 2023 . Herald Express . 20 November 1946.
2. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
3. Web site: ITTF_Database. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120621/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=2134. 2014-08-26.
4. Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
5. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. 1987. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5. registration.
6. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
7. Web site: Table Tennis Romance. Table Tennis England.