Wendy Woodhead

Pauline 'Wendy' Woodhead was a female former international table tennis player from England.[1]

Wendy Woodhead
Personal information
Full namePauline Wendy Woodhead (Burbush)
Nationality England
Born1916
Oxfordshire
Died2003
Cumberland
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  England
World Championships
1937 Baden Doubles
1938 London Mixed

Table tennis career

She won a silver medal with Margaret Osborne in the women's doubles at the 1937 World Table Tennis Championships. The following year she won a gold medal at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships with Laszlo Bellak.[2][3] It was the first time they had paired together for a tournament.[4]

She also won four English Open titles.

Personal life

Her father Percy William Woodhead owned a tennis court and table tennis room where she learnt to play. She married Martin 'Bunny' Burbush in 1940.[5] She died in 2003, in Penrith, Cumbria.

Wendy & Martin had two children. Belinda & Timothy.

See also

References
  1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. "Laszlo Bellak article" (PDF).
  5. "A HISTORY OF THE CLUB 1924-2004" (PDF). Amersham & Chiltern RFC.
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