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Harry Venner

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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.[1]

Table tennis career

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Venner won three medals at the World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team) event.[2]

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.[3]

See also

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References

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