Dora Emdin

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Dora M. Emdin (born August 4, 1912 in St Albans (Hertfordshire), † April 9, 1945 in Gloucestershire ) was an English table tennis player . She took part in three world championships and won a total of three medals.

Dora Emdin was the daughter of the English table tennis official Ralph Emdin (* approx. 1876, † 1953) and sister of Doris Emdin , who was also a national player. At the 1934 World Cup , Dora Emdin reached the semi-finals in singles. In 1938 she won bronze in doubles with Phyllis Hodgkinson and silver in the team competition.

She won the open English championships five times , namely in 1933 in singles and mixed with Victor Barna , in 1934 in doubles with Phyllis Moser and in mixed with Victor Barna and in 1936 in doubles with Astrid Krebsbach . In 1934 she was sixth in the world rankings .

In 1940 (July, August or September) Dora Emdin married Jack Zillwood in Willesden . She died in 1945 after a brief illness.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Census - In 1939 England and Wales Registers (accessed January 27, 2019)
  2. ^ In England & Wales, Birth Register, 1837-2005 (accessed January 27, 2019)
  3. ^ A b British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices - Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo (accessed January 27, 2019)
  4. ↑ a b Obituary RALPH EMDIN in Table Tennis, March 1953, Vol. 11, No. 7 page 10 (accessed January 26, 2019)
  5. ^ Badener Zeitung, February 28, 1934 page 5 (accessed January 26, 2019)
  6. ↑ a b Table Tennis, February / March 1948, Vol. VI. No. 6, page 6 (accessed January 26, 2019)
  7. ^ In England & Wales, Marriage Directory, 1837-2005, (accessed January 27, 2019)
  8. ^ Table Tennis, November 1947, Vol. VI, No. 3 page 3 (accessed January 26, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Emdin, Dora
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Emdin, Dora M .; Zillwood, Dora M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH St Albans (Hertfordshire)
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1945
Place of death Gloucestershire