Dora Beregi
British table tennis player (1915–2011)
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Dora Beregi (8 August 1915 – 8 February 2011) was an international table tennis player from Hungary and later England and Australia.
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| Full name | Dóra Beregi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Hungary England  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 August 1915 Budapest, Austria-Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 February 2011 (aged 95) Sydney, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Table tennis career
Beregi won a silver medal at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships with Ida Ferenczy in the doubles when representing Hungary.[1]
Being of Jewish descent she moved to England from Europe before the war and then represented England.[2]
Beregi was a member of the winning England team at the 1948 World Table Tennis Championships and in addition won two more medals in the doubles with Helen Elliot and Richard Bergmann respectively.[3]
Two more medals were won in the 1950 World Table Tennis Championships; a gold in the doubles with Helen Elliot and a bronze in the team event. She was also the winner of six English Open tournaments.
Beregi also participated in the Australian championships in Brisbane in 1950.[4] later she emigrated to Australia.[5]