Bryan Merrett

This article is about the English table tennis player. For the Canadian photographer and architectural activist, see Brian Merrett.

Bryan Reginald Merrett was a male international table tennis player from England.^[1]

Bryan Merrett

Personal information
Nationality	England
Born	(1934-11-01)1 November 1934 Gloucester, England
Died	August 2001(2001-08-00) (aged 66) Gloucester, England
Medal record Representing  England World Table Tennis Championships 1955 Men's Team

Table tennis career

He won a bronze medal at the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Richard Bergmann, Brian Kennedy, Johnny Leach and Alan Rhodes and for England.^[2][3]

He was a former England No 1, played in 100 internationals and won the Welsh Open in Cardiff in 1952.^[4] He won two English National Table Tennis Championships titles in singles and doubles.^[5]

Personal life

He married Shirley Hotchkins in 1957 and they spent their honeymoon on a Russian table tennis tour.^[6] He died in August 2001 aged 66.^[4]

See also

• List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists