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Nationality | England | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1923 (1923) London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 April 2015(2015-04-12) (aged 91–92) London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Henry Thomas Venner (1923 – 12 April 2015), was a male international table tennis player from England.
Table tennis career
Venner won three medals at the World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team) event.
He was an all-out attacking player and used a hard rubber bat for the majority of his career before switching to a sandwich bat. He later became a coach and ran the Putney Club. He died on 12 April 2015.
See also
- List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
- List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References
- "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- "Obituary: Harry Venner, Swaythling Cup star". Table Tennis England.
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