Jessie Purves

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Jessie 'Jay' Purves
Full nameJessie Lydia Purves
Nationality United States
DiedJanuary 1979
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1937 Baden Team
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Prague Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1936 Prague Team

Jessie 'Jay' Purves was an international table tennis player from the United States.[1]

Table tennis career[edit]

She won two World Championship medals[2] including a gold medal in the Women's Team event at the 1937 World Table Tennis Championships.[3][4][5]

Hall of Fame[edit]

She was inducted into the USA Hall of Fame in 1979 months after her death.[6][7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  6. ^ "Jessie "Jay" Purves". United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". USATT. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015.


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