About Bryan Merrett
Lived 1934 – 2001 (aged 66). Bryan Merrett was an athlete.
Bryan Reginald Merrett was a male international table tennis player from England.
Table tennis career He won a bronze medal at the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Richard Bergmann, Brian Kennedy, Johnny Leach and Alan Rhodes and for England.
He was a former England No 1, played in 100 internationals and won the Welsh Open in Cardiff in 1952. He won two English National Table Tennis Championships titles in singles and doubles.
Personal life He married Shirley Hotchkins in 1957 and they spent their honeymoon on a Russian table tennis tour. He died in August 2001 aged 66.
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Who was Bryan Merrett?
British table tennis player (1934-2001)
When was Bryan Merrett born?
Bryan Merrett was born on 1 November 1934 in Gloucester.
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Bryan Merrett died on 1 August 2001 in Gloucester.
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Bryan Merrett was an athlete.
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