Leah Neuberger
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| Nationality |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 December 1915 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 January 1993 (aged 77) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leah Thall-Neuberger (December 17, 1915 in Columbus, Ohio – January 25, 1993), nicknamed Miss Ping, was an American table tennis player. She was ranked the # 3 table tennis player in the world in 1951.[1]
Table tennis career
Her six World Championship medals[2] included a gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 1956 World Table Tennis Championships with Erwin Klein.[3][4] Her partners for the three bronze medals in the doubles were Davida Hawthorn, Thelma Thall and Peggy Ichkoff respectively.[5]
Neuberger won the United States national championships nine times as a single player, twelve times in doubles, and eight times in mixed doubles. She also won 41 times at the Canadian championships. She served on the Canadian team that travelled to the
Neuberger competed at the 1969 Maccabiah Games in Israel.[7]
Halls of Fame
Neuberger, who was
See also
- List of select Jewish table tennis players
- List of table tennis players
- List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Women's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
- ^ a b "Leah Thall-Neuberger". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ "United States Maccabiah Team in Israel". Toledo Jewish News. August 1969. p. 3. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
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