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Welsh table tennis player

Dorothy (Dolly) Gubbins
Personal information
Birth nameDorothy Eleanor Gubbins
NicknameDolly
Nationality Wales
Died1961
Medal record
Representing  Wales
World Table Tennis Championships
Silver medal – second place 1926 Women's Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1928 Women's Singles
Silver medal – second place 1928 Women's Doubles

Dorothy 'Dolly' Gubbins (married name Dorothy Evans) was a Welsh international table tennis player.

Table tennis career

She won a silver medal at the 1926 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's singles. Two years later she won a bronze medal in the women's singles and another silver medal at the 1928 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles with Brenda Sommerville. She also won three English Open titles.

Personal life

She moved from Wales to Maidstone in Kent and her daughter June Evans was a county player for Kent. She died in 1961.

See also

References

  1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. "Women's Singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012.
  3. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  4. "Mrs Dolly Evans obituary" (PDF). English Table Tennis Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2018.


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