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'''Joy Foster''' is a Jamaican table tennis player. She set the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] as the youngest sportsperson to represent their country in an international match when she participated in the West Indies Championship in 1958, aged eight. She is also the first and youngest recipient of the Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year Award.<ref name=":0" /> |
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== Biography == |
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| ⚫ | Foster was introduced to table tennis at 4 years old. Unable to reach the table, she would stand on a box as she played against her brothers Dave and Maurice.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|title=The Champ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w1sEAAAAMBAJ&q=joy+foster+table+tennis&pg=PA103|journal=The Crisis|date=February 1959|publisher=The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.|issn=0011-1422|page=103|language=en}}</ref> Her father, Audley George Foster, known as "Gig" or "Mr Fos", was her coach. |
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| ⚫ | In 1958 at age 8, Foster won a place in the Guinness record book as the world's youngest person to represent their country in international competition.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/aug/02/joy-of-six-sporting-prodigies|title=The Joy of Six: sporting prodigies {{!}} Guardian writers|last1=Taylor|first1=Daniel|date=2013-08-02|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-11-13|last2=Turner|first2=Georgina|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|last3=Dart|first3=James|last4=Bryant|first4=Tom|last5=Moses|first5=Toby|last6=Steinberg|first6=Jacob}}</ref> She represented her country in the West Indies Championships. She won the women's singles championship; the mixed doubles partnering with Fuarnando Roberts, and the women's doubles partnering with Madge Bond.<ref name=":0" /> In 1961, Foster was given the first Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year award. She remains the youngest winner at 11 years old.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20161215/things-know|title=Things to know|date=2016-12-15|website=jamaica-gleaner.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Foster won the Jamaican Open Women's Singles title twice before the age of 12.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120805/sports/sports11.html|title=50 years of great performances|date=2012-08-05|website=jamaica-gleaner.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> |
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Joy Foster was born in Jamaica, December 1949. Her father Audley George Foster known as "Gig" or "Mr Fos", was her coach and founder of Willfos Aces Table Tennis Club. |
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Shortly after graduating high school she left the country to live in the US. She still resides in the US today, with her two children Elizabeth and Donovan. |
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Latest revision as of 05:50, 12 December 2020
Joy Foster is a Jamaican table tennis player. She set the Guinness World Record as the youngest sportsperson to represent their country in an international match when she participated in the West Indies Championship in 1958, aged eight. She is also the first and youngest recipient of the Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year Award.[1]
Biography[edit]
Foster was introduced to table tennis at 4 years old. Unable to reach the table, she would stand on a box as she played against her brothers Dave and Maurice.[1] Her father, Audley George Foster, known as "Gig" or "Mr Fos", was her coach.
In 1958 at age 8, Foster won a place in the Guinness record book as the world's youngest person to represent their country in international competition.[2] She represented her country in the West Indies Championships. She won the women's singles championship; the mixed doubles partnering with Fuarnando Roberts, and the women's doubles partnering with Madge Bond.[1] In 1961, Foster was given the first Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year award. She remains the youngest winner at 11 years old.[3]
Foster won the Jamaican Open Women's Singles title twice before the age of 12.[4][2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "The Champ". The Crisis. The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.: 103 February 1959. ISSN 0011-1422.
- ^ a b Taylor, Daniel; Turner, Georgina; Dart, James; Bryant, Tom; Moses, Toby; Steinberg, Jacob (2013-08-02). "The Joy of Six: sporting prodigies | Guardian writers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
- ^ "Things to know". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
- ^ "50 years of great performances". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2019-11-13.