Joan Crosby

Joan Sophie Crosby (née Brock; 1920–2013) was an English international table tennis player.[2]

Joan Crosby
Personal information
Birth nameJoan Sophie Brock
Nationality England
Born1920
Exeter, Devon, England[1]
Died2013(2013-00-00) (aged 92–93)
Devon, England
Medal record
Representing  England
World Table Tennis Championships
1949Women's Team
1949Women's Doubles

Table tennis career

Crosby won double silver at the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's team event[3][4] and the women's doubles with Pinkie Barnes.[5]

Personal life

Joan Brock married Donald "Driver" Peter Crosby in Exeter in September 1940.[6] She died in Devon in 2013.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Birth registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  2. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  3. "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. "1949 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  5. "Women's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012.
  6. "Late Advertisements". Express and Echo. 26 September 1940. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  7. "Joan Sophie Crosby death record". GRO Index. Retrieved 2 February 2023.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.