Bryan Merrett

British table tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Nationality England
Born(1934-11-01)1 November 1934
Gloucester, England
DiedAugust 2001(2001-08-00) (aged 66)
Gloucester, England
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Bryan Merrett
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1934-11-01)1 November 1934
Gloucester, England
DiedAugust 2001(2001-08-00) (aged 66)
Gloucester, England
Medal record
Representing  England
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place1955Men's Team
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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]

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