Vera Thomas

For the American nurse, see Vera Blanche Thomas.

Vera Thomas (Dace)
Full nameVera Thomas (Dace)
Nationality England
Born(1921-12-03)3 December 1921
Died9 July 1995(1995-07-09) (aged 73)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  England
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Budapest Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 1948 Wembley Singles
Gold medal – first place 1948 Wembley Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1948 Wembley Team
Bronze medal – third place 1947 Paris Singles
Gold medal – first place 1947 Paris Team
Vera Thomas (Dace)
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (1946)
Wimbledon4R (1948)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQF (1946, 1954)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonQF (1946)

Vera Sybil Thomas (née Dace; 3 December 1921 – 9 July 1995) was an English international table tennis and tennis player.

Table tennis career

She won seven medals[1] at the World Table Tennis Championships including three gold medals; two in the team events and one as a member of the winning doubles team in the 1948 World Table Tennis Championships with Peggy Franks.[2][3][4][5] She also won three English Open titles.

Tennis career

As a tennis player she competed in 15 editions of the Wimbledon Championships between 1946 and 1961. Her best result in the singles was reaching the fourth round in 1948 in which she lost to Nelly Landry.[6]

Personal life

She married Arthur Thomas in 1947 and became Vera Thomas-Dace.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  2. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. ^ "stats".
  5. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  6. ^ "Wimbledon players archive – Vera Thomas (Dace)". AELTC.