Helen started playing table tennis aged 16. In 1946 she won the first of 13 consecutive Scottish Open women's singles titles and was capped by Scotland the following year.[2] From 1948 to 1957 she won seven medals in the World Table Tennis Championships.[3]
She coached at Butlins Holiday Camps with Johnny Leach. She married and became Helen Hamilton-Elliot and was President of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation.[2]
helen, elliot, january, 1927, january, 2013, international, table, tennis, player, from, scotland, 1952, world, table, tennis, championships, bombay, india, bronze, women, doubles, personal, informationfull, nametinationality, scotlandborn, 1927, january, 1927. Helen Elliot 20 January 1927 12 January 2013 1 was an international table tennis player from Scotland Helen ElliotHelen Elliott at the 1952 World Table Tennis Championships Bombay India She won the Bronze in Women s doubles Personal informationFull nameHelen ElliottiNationality ScotlandBorn 1927 01 20 20 January 1927EdinburghDied12 January 2013 2013 01 12 aged 85 Weight876 kg 1 931 lb Medal record Women s table tennisRepresenting ScotlandWorld Championships1957 Stockholm Doubles1957 Stockholm Mixed Doubles1955 Utrecht Mixed Doubles1952 Bombay Doubles1950 Budapest Doubles1949 Stockholm Doubles1948 Wembley Doubles Contents 1 Table tennis career 2 Personal life 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksTable tennis career editHelen started playing table tennis aged 16 In 1946 she won the first of 13 consecutive Scottish Open women s singles titles and was capped by Scotland the following year 2 From 1948 to 1957 she won seven medals in the World Table Tennis Championships 3 The seven medals included two golds at the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships and 1950 World Table Tennis Championships in the women s doubles where she partnered Gizi Farkas and Dora Beregi respectively 4 She also won two English Open titles Personal life editShe coached at Butlins Holiday Camps with Johnny Leach She married and became Helen Hamilton Elliot and was President of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation 2 See also editList of table tennis players List of World Table Tennis Championships medalistsReferences edit Helen Elliott HAMILTON passed away ettu org Archived from the original on 24 September 2013 Retrieved 15 January 2013 a b Obituary West Lothian Table Tennis Club dead link ITTF Database Archived from the original on 17 October 2012 Retrieved 6 July 2011 Profile Table Tennis Guide External links editHelen Elliot Hamilton at the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Helen Elliot amp oldid 1172040577, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
