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Margaret Franks

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Nationality England
Bornc. 1925
Margaret 'Peggy' Franks
Nationality England
Bornc. 1925
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  England
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1952 BombayTeam
Bronze medal – third place1951 ViennaTeam
Bronze medal – third place1950 BudapestDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1950 BudapestTeam
Bronze medal – third place1949 StockholmMixed
Silver medal – second place1949 StockholmTeam
Gold medal – first place1948 WembleyDoubles
Gold medal – first place1948 WembleyTeam
Bronze medal – third place1947 ParisMixed
Gold medal – first place1947 ParisTeam

Margaret 'Peggy' Franks (born c. 1925)[1] is a former table tennis player from England.

From 1947 to 1952 she won ten medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2][3]

The ten medals included three gold medals;[4][5] two in team events with England at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships and 1948 World Table Tennis Championships and one in the women's doubles with Vera Thomas in 1948.[6]

She also won an English Open title.

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