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England table tennis player

Harry Venner
Personal information
Nationality England
Born1923 (1923)
London, England
Died12 April 2015(2015-04-12) (aged 91–92)
London, England
Medal record
Representing  England
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Men's Team
Silver medal – second place 1952 Men's Team
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Men's Team

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

References

  1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. "Obituary: Harry Venner, Swaythling Cup star". Table Tennis England.


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