About Dora Emdin
Lived 1912 – 1945 (aged 32). Dora Emdin was a British athlete.
Dora M Emdin (4 August 1912 – 9 April 1945) was a female English international table tennis player.
Table tennis career She won a bronze medal at the 1934 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's singles.
She won another bronze at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles with Margaret Osborne and a silver medal in the women's team. She also won five English Open titles.
Personal life Her older sister Doris Lucy Emdin was also a notable table tennis international.
She married Jack Zillwood in 1940 and died, aged 32, after a short illness in 1945.
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Who was Dora Emdin?
English table tennis player
When was Dora Emdin born?
Dora Emdin was born on 4 August 1912 in St Albans.
When did Dora Emdin die?
Dora Emdin died on 9 April 1945.
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Dora Emdin was an athlete.
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Dora Emdin was British.
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