Thelma Thall

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Thelma "Tybie" Thall , married Sommer (* 1924 in Columbus (Ohio) ) is a former American table tennis player . In the 1940s, she won two gold medals at world championships .

Names

At first she played under her maiden name Thelma Thall . Often she was also called Tybie . In 1949 she married Norman Sommer. She is Leah Neuberger's sister .

World championships

In 1948 and 1949 Thelma Thall took part in the world championships. In 1948 she became world champion in mixed with Dick Miles . With her sister Leah she achieved in doubles after Siegen u. a. against the world-class doubles Pritzi / Rozeanu the semi-finals, in which they were defeated by their compatriots Margaret Franks / Vera Thomas .

In 1949 she won her second gold medal in Stockholm in the team competition. She won bronze in the individual.

In 1980 Thelma Thall was inducted into the US Hall of Fame , and in 2005 she received the Mark Matthews Lifetime Achievement Award for her services to table tennis .

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
United States World Championship 1949 Stockholm SWE Semifinals last 32 last 64 1
United States World Championship 1948 Wembley CLOSELY last 16 Semifinals gold 5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thelma Thall, portrait on ittf.com (accessed April 5, 2016)
  2. ↑ US Hall of Fame (accessed April 5, 2016)
  3. ↑ Ladies doubles 1948 (accessed on April 5, 2016)
  4. ↑ US Hall of Fame (accessed April 5, 2016)
  5. ↑ SCI-News No. 92, March 2012, page 15 (accessed on April 5, 2016)
  6. ↑ Thelma Thall Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed April 5, 2016)

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personal data
SURNAME Thall, Thelma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thall, Tybie (nickname); Sommer, Thelma (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus (Ohio)