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Jean Winn

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Jean Winn
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1930-06-17)17 June 1930
Merton, Surrey, England
Died2 September 2024(2024-09-02) (aged 94)
Medal record
Representing  England
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Women's Team

Jean I. P. Winn (17 June 1930 – 2 September 2024) was an English international table tennis player.[1]

Winn won a bronze medal at the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) with Ann Haydon, Diane Rowe and Rosalind Rowe for England.[2]

Winn was born in Merton, Surrey on 17 June 1930.[3][4][5] She married fellow table tennis player Jackie Head in 1955.[6][7] Winn died on 2 September 2024, at the age of 94.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ^ "Whirlwind Miss Winn". Daily Mirror. 27 May 1952. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Birth registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b Webb, Diane (7 September 2024). "Obituary: Former England international Jean Head (nee Winn)". Table Tennis England. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Kennedy out of table tennis". Herald Express. 17 March 1956. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Marriage registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 18 August 2023.