Helen Elliot

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Helen Elliot 1952

Helen Elliot , married Hamilton (born January 20, 1927 in Edinburgh , † January 12, 2013 ) was a Scottish table tennis player who was world champion in doubles in 1949 and 1950 .

Career

Helen Elliot started playing table tennis at the age of 16. She quickly developed into the top player in Scotland. From 1945 to 1958 she won the individual competition of the Open Championships of Scotland 13 times in a row.

From 1947 to 1957 she was nominated for nine world championships . She reached the quarter-finals in individual 1947 , 1948 , 1949 and 1952 . In 1948 she reached the doubles final with the Hungarian Dóra Beregi , which was lost to the English Margaret Franks / Vera Thomas . A year later she won the doubles title with Hungarian Gizella Farkas , which she defended in 1950 with her former partner Dóra Beregi. She won silver again in 1955 in a mixed with Aubrey Simons (England). There were also three bronze medals, namely in 1952 in doubles with Ermelinde Wertl (Austria) and in 1957 in doubles with Maria Golopenta-Alexandru and in mixed with the Czech Ludvík Vyhnanovský .

1955 Elliot was together with Angelica Rozeanu student world champion in doubles. At the European Championships in 1958 , she reached the quarter-finals in singles and doubles.

In the ITTF world rankings , Elliot was mostly in the top ten from 1947 to 1957. In 1947/48 it was ranked fifth.

Because of her successes, she was inducted into the Hall of Fame for Scottish Sports in 2001. Around 2000 she was President of the Scottish Table Tennis Association, later Honorary President.

Private

In 1949 Helen Elliot married her trainer Bob Dykes, who later became the manager of the Scottish Table Tennis Association. he died in October 1961. In December 1961 she gave birth to a daughter. After another marriage, she called herself Helen Hamilton.

More Achievements

  • Open Championship of Scotland 1945-1958
    • 13 wins in individual
    • 9 wins in doubles: six times with Elizabeth Pithie, three times with Helen Houliston
    • 6 wins in mixed: five times with Bert Kerr, once with Johnny Miller
  • National Championship of Scotland
    • Five wins in individual: 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961
    • Five wins in doubles: 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961 - four times with Helen Houliston, once with M. Julins
    • Four wins in mixed: 1954, 1957, 1958, 1961 - three times with Bert Kerr, once with Ian Barclay
  • 1955 World Student Championship in Warsaw
    • Second in singles, victory in doubles with Angelica Rozeanu
  • Commonwealth Championships
    • 1971 in Singapore quarter-finals in doubles
  • Open championship of England
    • 1949 second in the individual
    • 1950 second in singles, victory in mixed with Victor Barna
    • 1955 mixed victory with Aubrey Simons
    • 1958 second in the individual
  • Ireland Open Championship
    • 1946 victory in the individual
    • 1947 second in singles, doubles and mixed
  • Welsh Open
    • 1947 second in doubles and mixed
    • 1951 individual victory
    • 1954 second in mixed
  • International championships of Germany
  • International Championships of Belgium
    • 1946 second in the individual
    • 1957 victory in singles, victory in doubles, second in mixed
    • 1958 victory in doubles
  • International championships of Austria
    • 1958 victory in doubles

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
SCO European Championship 1958 Budapest HUN last 16 Quarter finals Quarter finals
SCO World Championship 1957 Stockholm SWE last 64 Semifinals Semifinals 7th
SCO World Championship 1955 Utrecht NED last 32 Quarter finals silver 7th
SCO World Championship 1954 Wembley CLOSELY last 32 last 16 last 32 9
SCO World Championship 1952 Bombay IND Quarter finals Semifinals last 16
SCO World Championship 1951 Vienna AUT last 16 last 16 last 16 5
SCO World Championship 1950 Budapest HUN last 16 gold Quarter finals 5
SCO World Championship 1949 Stockholm SWE Quarter finals gold Quarter finals 7th
SCO World Championship 1948 Wembley CLOSELY Quarter finals silver last 32 9
SCO World Championship 1947 Paris FRA Quarter finals last 16 last 32 9

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World rankings 1947 to 2001 (Excel; 171 kB) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 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 September 22, 2011)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ittf.com
  2. ↑ Tischtennis Magazin, Official Organ of the Lower Saxony Table Tennis Association 2005/4 page 12
  3. ↑ http://www.tabletennisscotland.com/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=3%3Ahelen-hamilton&catid=36%3Aexecutive-board&Itemid=64 (accessed on September 22, 2011)
  4. ^ Table Tennis News - Official Journal of the English Table Tennis Association, December 1956, page 21 (accessed August 12, 2014)
  5. ^ Table Tennis News - Official Journal of the English Table Tennis Association, December 1961, page 21 (accessed September 16, 2014)
  6. ↑ Helen Elliot Results from ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 22, 2011)

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personal data
SURNAME Elliot, Helen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hamilton, Helen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 2013