Mary Shannon

Mary Shannon (1963)

Mary Shannon (born February 12, 1944 ) is a former English table tennis player who was one of the best in Europe in the 1960s and won the European Championship three times.

Career

Mary Shannon won the national English championship several times , in singles in 1963, 1965 to 1968 and 1970, in doubles from 1963 to 1965 with Diane Rowe , in 1966, 1967 and 1970 with Karenza Mathews and in mixed in 1963, 1966 with Brian Wright , and in 1965 with Chester Barnes and 1970 with Denis Neale .

Mary Shannon first became aware of her in 1962, when she became European champion in doubles with Diane Rowe in Berlin and won silver with the English women's team. In 1964 she defended the doubles title and also won the team competition. In mixed with Chester Barnes , she was second in 1966 . She reached the semi-finals in 1966 with Diane Rowe and in 1968 with Karenza Smith in doubles and in 1968 and 1970 with Denis Neale in mixed.

From 1963 to 1969, Mary Shannon was nominated for all four world championships . She won bronze twice, in 1965 with the English team and in 1969 in mixed with Denis Neale. In the ITTF world rankings she was ranked seventh in mid-1965.

After 1970 she ended her international career.

Private

Mary Shannon worked as an X-ray photographer. In September 1965 she married the English table tennis player Brian Wright and then performed under the name Wright-Shannon . She has at least three children.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CLOSELY	European Championship	1970	Moscow	URS	Quarter finals		Semifinals
CLOSELY	European Championship	1968	Lyon	FRA	Semifinals	Semifinals	Semifinals
CLOSELY	European Championship	1966	London	CLOSELY	Quarter finals	Semifinals	silver
CLOSELY	European Championship	1964	Malmo	SWE	last 16	gold	Quarter finals	1
CLOSELY	European Championship	1962	Berlin	FRG	Quarter finals	gold		2
CLOSELY	World Championship	1969	Munich	FRG	last 32	Quarter finals	Semifinals	9
CLOSELY	World Championship	1967	Stockholm	SWE	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	last 16	5
CLOSELY	World Championship	1965	Ljubljana	YUG	last 32	last 16	last 64	3
CLOSELY	World Championship	1963	Prague	TCH	last 128	silver	last 128	5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Table Tennis March 1964, page 6 (accessed September 17, 2014)
2. ↑ World rankings 1947 to 2001 (Excel; 171 kB) (accessed on October 13, 2011)
3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1964/23 pages 1 + 6
4. ↑ Table Tennis News October 1965, page 13 (accessed August 12, 2014)
5. ↑ Table Tennis News March 1973, page 14 ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2013 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 21, 2013) 
6. ^ Mary Shannon Findings from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed October 13, 2011)