Dora Beregi

Dora Beregi
Personal information
Full nameDóra Beregi
Nationality Hungary
 England
 Australia
Born8 August 1915
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died8 February 2011(2011-02-08) (aged 95)
Sydney, Australia
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1938 Wembley Doubles
Representing  England
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1948 Wembley Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1948 Wembley Team
Bronze medal – third place 1948 Wembley Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1950 Budapest Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Budapest Team

Dora Beregi (8 August 1915 – 8 February 2011) was an international table tennis player from Hungary and later England and Australia.

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]

Personal life

Beregi married a Devonian Mr Devenney and became Dora Devenney.[6]

Beregi died in Sydney on 8 February 2011 at the age of 95.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis". IOSH.
  3. ^ Dora in Ittf statistics
  4. ^ Participation in Australian Championship in 1950 The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Retrieved Tuesday 12 September 1950
  5. ^ Life and Beregi's Bat Archived May 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Pen Pictures". Table Tennis England. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Dora Beregi" (PDF). Table Tennis Australia.