Dora Beregi
{{short description|British table tennis player (1915–2011)}}
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| fullname = Dóra Beregi
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| nationality = {{HUN}}
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| birth_date = 8 August 1915
| birth_place = Budapest, Austria-Hungary
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|2|8|1915|8|8|df=y}}
| death_place = Sydney, Australia
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{{MedalSport | Women's table tennis}}
{{MedalCountry | {{HUN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 1938 Wembley | Doubles}}
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{{MedalCompetition | World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 1948 Wembley | Doubles}}
{{MedalGold | 1948 Wembley | Team}}
{{MedalBronze | 1948 Wembley | Mixed Doubles}}
{{MedalGold | 1950 Budapest | Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze | 1950 Budapest | Team}}
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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.
Table tennis career
Beregi won a silver medal at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships with Ida Ferenczy in the doubles when representing Hungary.{{cite web|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=dora-beregi-130613|title=Profile|publisher=Table Tennis Guide}}
Being of Jewish descent she moved to England from Europe before the war and then represented England.{{cite web|url=http://isoh.org/cause-view/the-history-of-sport-and-physical-educationamong-the-jewish-people-in-hungary-in-the-last-120-years/|title=Table Tennis|publisher=IOSH}}
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.[http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=676 Dora in Ittf statistics]
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.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50045685 Participation in Australian Championship in 1950] The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Retrieved Tuesday 12 September 1950 later she emigrated to Australia.[http://www.tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?5397-Interesting-quot-Dora-Beregi-quot-Bat Life and Beregi's Bat] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507035052/http://www.tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?5397-Interesting-quot-Dora-Beregi-quot-Bat |date=May 7, 2012 }}
Personal life
Beregi married a Devonian Mr Devenney and became Dora Devenney.{{cite web|url=https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/news/national-news/friday-photos-no-13-here-come-the-girls/|title=Pen Pictures|publisher=Table Tennis England|access-date=25 February 2018|archive-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826132016/https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/news/national-news/friday-photos-no-13-here-come-the-girls/|url-status=dead}}
Beregi died in Sydney on 8 February 2011 at the age of 95.{{cite web |title=Dora Beregi |url=https://cdn.revolutionise.com.au/cups/tta/files/ezhh3ignge9ptnuy.pdf |website=Table Tennis Australia}}
See also
References
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{{Footer World Champions Table Tennis Doubles Women}}
{{Footer World Champions Table Tennis Team Women}}
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Category:Hungarian female table tennis players
Category:World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Category:English female table tennis players
Category:Table tennis players from Budapest