Jessie Purves

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

Jessie 'Jay' Purves
Full nameJessie Lydia Purves
Nationality United States
DiedJanuary 1979
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  United States
World Championships
1937 Baden Team
1936 Prague Doubles
1936 Prague Team

Table tennis career

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

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

See also

References
  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. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  7. "Hall of Fame Inductees". USATT.


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