Aubrey Simons

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Aubrey Simons (* 1921 - May 14, 2014 in Bristol ) was an English table tennis player who took part in eight world championships and won six medals. In 1953 he was a member of the English world championship team.

successes

From 1948 to 1955, Aubrey Simons took part in eight world championships . In 1953 he became world champion with the English team. He was then ranked fourth in the ITTF world rankings .

A year earlier, in 1952 , he was already in the team final, which was lost to Hungary. There are also three bronze medals with the team, namely in 1949 , 1950 and 1954 . With the Scot Helen Elliot he was second in mixed in 1955 .

At the European Championships in 1964 , he reached the quarter-finals in doubles.

Aubrey Simons has been called up to the national team 164 times.

Private

In June 1952, Aubrey Simons, the son of a butcher, married Jeanne KMProwse. In addition to table tennis, he also played cricket , golf and snooker . He worked for a sporting goods manufacturer.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
CLOSELY European Championship 1964 Malmo SWE Quarter finals
CLOSELY World Championship 1955 Utrecht NED last 256 last 64 silver
CLOSELY World Championship 1954 Wembley CLOSELY last 64 last 32 last 32 3
CLOSELY World Championship 1953 Bucharest ROU last 32 Quarter finals last 32 1
CLOSELY World Championship 1952 Bombay IND Scratched no participants no participants 2
CLOSELY World Championship 1951 Vienna AUT last 64 Quarter finals last 32 4th
CLOSELY World Championship 1950 Budapest HUN last 32 last 32 Quarter finals 3
CLOSELY World Championship 1949 Stockholm SWE last 32 last 32 last 64 3
CLOSELY World Championship 1948 Wembley CLOSELY last 16 last 32 last 16

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Simons celebrated his 90th birthday in 2011 according to SCI-News No. 91, September 2011, page 17 (accessed on May 7, 2015) ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ittf.com
  2. ↑ Table Tennis magazine September 1952, page 10 (accessed May 7, 2015)
  3. ↑ Aubrey Simons results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed May 7, 2015)

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personal data
SURNAME Simons, Aubrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 1921
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 2014
Place of death Bristol