James McClure (table tennis)

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James McClure
Full nameJames 'Jimmy' McClure
Nationality United States
Born(1916-09-28)28 September 1916
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Died12 February 2005(2005-02-12) (aged 88)
Cape Coral, Florida, United States
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1949 Stockholm Team
Gold medal – first place 1938 Wembley Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Wembley Team
Gold medal – first place 1937 Baden Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1937 Baden Team
Gold medal – first place 1936 Prague Doubles

James McClure (September 28, 1916; Indianapolis, Indiana – February 12, 2005; Cape Coral, Florida) was an American international table tennis player.[1]

Table tennis career[edit]

From 1936 to 1949 he won six medals in doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2] [3] This included four gold medals; three in the doubles with Buddy Blattner and Sol Schiff respectively and one in the team event.[4] [5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "James McClure obituary". Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  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.
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