Reba Monness

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Reba Monness - b. as Reba Kirson (born February 3, 1911 , † May 10, 1980 in New York City ) was an American table tennis player . At the 1947 World Cup , she won silver in doubles.

Career

In the 1940s Reba Monness was temporarily president of the New York table tennis association NYTTA (New York Table Tennis Association).

She was nominated for the World Championships in Paris in 1947 . Here she lost to the Austrian Trude Pritzi in the individual in the second round . In doubles with Mae Clouther she achieved after Siegen u. a. against Marie Kettnerová / Květa Hrušková (CSSR) and Mary Detournay / Josee Wouters (Belgium) the final, which they lost against the Austro-Hungarian couple Gizella Farkas Trude Pritzi . In mixed with the Hungarian Ferenc Sidó , she advanced two rounds.

In 1950 she won the US National Championship. In the same year she was ranked ninth in the ITTF world rankings . In 1981 Reba Monness was inducted into the USATT Hall of Fame.

In addition to table tennis, she also played tennis, basketball, volleyball, ice hockey and hockey.

Private

Reba Monness was married to Abbot R. Monness.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
United States World Championship 1947 Paris FRA last 32 silver last 16 3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ USATT Hall of Fame: Sally Green Prouty (accessed April 11, 2016)
  2. ↑ a b Date of birth (accessed April 12, 2016)
  3. ↑ USA Championship 1950 (accessed April 11, 2016)
  4. ↑ ITTF world rankings from 1947 to 2001 (accessed on April 11, 2016)
  5. ↑ USATT Hall of Fame (accessed April 10, 2016)
  6. ↑ Reba Monness results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed April 11, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Monness, Reba
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kirson, Reba (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1911
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1980
Place of death New York City