Helen Elliot

Helen Elliot (20 January 1927 – 12 January 2013)[1] was an international table tennis player from Scotland.

Helen Elliot
Helen Elliott at the 1952 World Table Tennis Championships, Bombay, India. She won the Bronze in Women's doubles.
Personal information
Full nameHelen Elliotti
Nationality Scotland
Born(1927-01-20)20 January 1927
Edinburgh
Died12 January 2013(2013-01-12) (aged 85)
Weight876 kg (1,931 lb)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Scotland
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Stockholm Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Stockholm Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1955 Utrecht Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Bombay Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1950 Budapest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1949 Stockholm Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1948 Wembley Doubles

Table tennis career

Helen started playing table tennis aged 16. In 1946 she won the first of 13 consecutive Scottish Open women's singles titles and was capped by Scotland the following year.[2] From 1948 to 1957 she won seven medals in the World Table Tennis Championships.[3]

The seven medals included two golds at the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships and 1950 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles where she partnered Gizi Farkas and Dora Beregi respectively.[4]

She also won two English Open titles.

Personal life

She coached at Butlins Holiday Camps with Johnny Leach. She married and became Helen Hamilton-Elliot and was President of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Helen (Elliott) HAMILTON passed away". ettu.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. "Obituary". West Lothian Table Tennis Club.
  3. "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  4. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
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