Jill Parker-Hammersley-Shirley
British table tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British table tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jill Parker-Hammersley-Shirley is a former female table tennis player from England.
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| Full name | Jill Shirley-Parker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 December 1951 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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From 1972 to 1982 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships[1] She was ranked number one in England during the early 1970s.[2]
She also won four English Open titles.
She changed her name from Jill Shirley to Jill Hammersley after marrying Nicky Hammersley on 3 July 1970.[2] She later married fellow England international Donald Parker and they had two children. Their daughter Katy Parker represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the table tennis mixed doubles and their son Adam was a semi-professional cricketer.[3]
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