Bryan Merrett

This article is about the English table tennis player. For the Canadian photographer and architectural activist, see Brian Merrett.

Bryan Merrett
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1934-11-01)1 November 1934
Gloucester, England
DiedAugust 2001(2001-08-00) (aged 66)
Gloucester, England
Medal record
Representing  England
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Men's Team

Bryan Reginald Merrett was a male international table tennis player from England.[1]

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.[2][3]

He was a former England No 1, played in 100 internationals and won the Welsh Open in Cardiff in 1952.[4] He won two English National Table Tennis Championships titles in singles and doubles.[5]

Personal life

He married Shirley Hotchkins in 1957 and they spent their honeymoon on a Russian table tennis tour.[6] He died in August 2001 aged 66.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Sports Round-up". Daily Telegraph.
  5. ^ "Friday Photos No 46: Men's National Champions". Table Tennis England.
  6. ^ "News page 21" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2018.


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