Elizabeth Blackbourn

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Elizabeth Betty Blackbourn (born around 1924 in New Zealand , † August 27, 1999 in Falmouth (Cornwall) ) was an English table tennis player . She won silver in the individual and gold in the team competition at the 1947 World Championships.

Career

Elizabeth Blackbourn grew up in Exeter . During the great world war she was part of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), a military alternative service for women in Great Britain.

In 1947 she was nominated for the World Championship . Here she was world champion with the English team before Hungary. In singles, she won against Angelica Adelstein (Romania) (without a fight), Audrey Bates (Wales), Věra Votrubcová (CSSR) and Helen Elliot (Scotland). The final against the Hungarian Gizella Farkas was lost. Before that she had defeated Farkas in a team fight. The doubles with Vera Dace only progressed one round and were eliminated in the round of the last 16. In mixed with her compatriot Eric Filby, she reached the quarter-finals, where it was Frank's last stop against Victor Barna / Margaret .

In 1947 Elizabeth Blackbourn ended her career as a competitive athlete. She studied medicine in America, won the American National Championship in mixed with Richard Miles and later went to South Africa for several years, where she specialized in chiropractic .

After their marriage, her name was Elizabeth Bennett.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
CLOSELY World Championship 1947 Paris FRA silver last 16 Quarter finals 1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b According to Tim Boggan , she was 23 years old in 1947 (accessed March 15, 2016)
  2. ^ Table Tennis, January 1953, p. 19
  3. ↑ Women's singles 1947 ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on March 15, 2016)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ittf.com
  4. ↑ Women's doubles 1947 ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on March 15, 2016)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ittf.com
  5. ↑ Mixed 1947 ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on March 15, 2016)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ittf.com
  6. ↑ Table Tennis, November 1951, page 11 + Table Tennis, December 1951, page 13
  7. ^ Table Tennis, January 1973, p. 25
  8. ^ Elizabeth Blackbourn results from ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed March 15, 2016)

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personal data
SURNAME Blackbourn, Elizabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blackbourn, Betty; Bennett, Elizabeth (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH around 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1999
Place of death Falmouth (Cornwall)