Peggy McLean

Margaret Rinn McLean (later Folke; July 8, 1926 – March 30, 2013) was an American international table tennis player.^[2]

Peggy McLean
Full name	Margaret Rinn McLean
Nationality	United States
Born	(1926-07-08)8 July 1926[1] Queens, New York, U.S.
Died	30 March 2013(2013-03-30) (aged 86) Westport, Connecticut, U.S.
Height	5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Weight	110 lb (50 kg)
Table tennis career
Playing style	Aggressive
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  United States World Championships 1949 Stockholm Mixed 1949 Stockholm Team

Table tennis career

McLean won two World Championship medals including a gold medal in the women's team event at the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships.^{[3][4] [5]}

In addition she won a mixed doubles bronze medal with Marty Reisman in 1949.^[6] She also won two English Open titles.

Later life and death

McLean was inducted into the USA Hall of Fame in 1980.^[7]

McLean died in Westport, Connecticut on March 30, 2013, at the age of 86.^[8][9]

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

1. "Margaret R. McLean". New York, New York, U.S., Birth Index, 1910–1965. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
2. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
3. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
4. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
5. "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
6. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
7. "Hall of Fame Inductees". USATT. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015.
8. "Margaret M. Folke". U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930–Current. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
9. "Swaythling Club International News" (PDF). ITTF. September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 28 March 2023.