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Peggy McLean

{{short description|American table tennis player (1926–2013)}}

{{Infobox table tennis player

| name = Peggy McLean

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| fullname = Margaret Rinn McLean

| nationality = {{USA}}

| playingstyle = Aggressive

| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|07|08|df=y}}{{cite web |title=Margaret R. McLean |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/2186418:61457?tid=&pid=&queryId=8380223b1214bc45ea7966beff5bcb6d&_phsrc=Dqh5684&_phstart=successSource |publisher=New York, New York, U.S., Birth Index, 1910–1965 |access-date=28 March 2023}}

| birth_place = Queens, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|03|30|1926|07|08|df=y}}

| death_place = Westport, Connecticut, U.S.

| height = 5 ft 2 in

| weight = 110 lbs

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's table tennis}}

{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze | 1949 Stockholm | Mixed}}

{{MedalGold | 1949 Stockholm | Team}}

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Margaret Rinn McLean (later Folke; July 8, 1926 – March 30, 2013) was an American international table tennis player.{{cite web|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=peggy-mclean-127876|title=Profile|publisher=Table Tennis Guide}}

Table tennis career

McLean won two World Championship medals including a gold medal in the women's team event at the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships.{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700|year=2004|publisher=The Bath Press|isbn=0-316-72645-1}}{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=Peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312|year=1987|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-492-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessencyclop00matt}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=4626 |title=ITTF_Database |access-date=2013-02-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602231234/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=4626 |archive-date=2015-06-02 }}

In addition she won a mixed doubles bronze medal with Marty Reisman in 1949.{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|title=Table Tennis World Championship medal winners|publisher=Sports123|access-date=2018-03-01|archive-date=2018-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922055935/http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|url-status=dead}} She also won two English Open titles.

Later life and death

McLean was inducted into the USA Hall of Fame in 1980.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/History/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319105717/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/History/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 19, 2015|title=Hall of Fame Inductees|publisher=USATT}}

McLean died in Westport, Connecticut on March 30, 2013, at the age of 86.{{cite web |title=Margaret M. Folke |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/313968767:7545?ssrc=pt&tid=56118758&pid=340099366737 |publisher=U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930–Current |access-date=28 March 2023}}{{cite web |title=Swaythling Club International News |url=https://www.ittf.com/sci/newsletters/SCI_News_Nr_95.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306165903/https://www.ittf.com/sci/newsletters/SCI_News_Nr_95.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-03-06 |website=ITTF |access-date=28 March 2023 |date=September 2013}}

See also

References

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Category:1926 births

Category:2013 deaths

Category:American female table tennis players

Category:20th-century American sportswomen

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