Dora Emdin

Dora M Emdin (4 August 1912 – 9 April 1945)^[1][2] was a female English international table tennis player.^[3]

Dora Emdin

Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	(1912-08-04)4 August 1912
Died	9 April 1945(1945-04-09) (aged 32)
Medal record Representing  England World Table Tennis Championships 1934 Women's Singles 1938 Women's Doubles 1938 Women's Team

Table tennis career

She won a bronze medal at the 1934 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's singles.^[4][5]

She won another bronze at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles with Margaret Osborne and a silver medal in the women's team. She also won five English Open titles.

Personal life

Her older sister Doris Lucy Emdin was also a notable table tennis international.^[6]

She married Jack Zillwood in 1940 and died, aged 32, after a short illness in 1945.

See also

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