Adele Wood

Adele Wood is an English former international table tennis player.[3]

Adele Wood
Personal information
Nationality England
Born1932 [1]
Manchester, England[2]
Medal record
Representing  England
World Table Tennis Championships
Silver medal – second place1949Women's Team

Table tennis career

She won a silver medal at the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) with Pinkie Barnes, Joan Crosby and Peggy Franks for England.[4]

Wood played her last representative match in 1958, after marrying Len Pettifer.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. Cohen, Leslie (11 February 1948). "Adele Wood in Good Form". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  2. "Birth registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  3. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  4. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  5. "Adele plays in last big game". Manchester Evening News. 3 April 1958. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  6. "Both Pettifers in semi-finals". Evening Post. 23 April 1963. Retrieved 5 November 2022.


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