Kathleen Best (table tennis)

Cecilia 'Kathleen' Best (married name Thompson), was a female English international table tennis player.[1]

Kathleen Best

Personal information
Nationality	England
Born	1933
Medal record Representing  England World Table Tennis Championships 1952 Women's Team 1953 Women's Team 1953 Women's Doubles 1954 Women's Team 1954 Women's Doubles

She won a bronze medal at the 1952 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event).[2][3] The following year at the 1953 World Table Tennis Championships she won two medals; a silver medal in the women's team and a bronze in the women's doubles with Ermelinde Wertl.[4]

At the 1954 World Table Tennis Championships she picked up her fourth and fifth World Championship medals; winning a bronze in the women's team and a silver in the women's doubles with Ann Haydon-Jones.

She married her coach Alan Thompson in 1952 in Yorkshire and won two English Open titles.