Dora Beregi is a former international table tennis player from Hungary and later England and Australia.

Table tennis career

Beregi won a silver medal at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships with Ida Ferenczy in the doubles when representing Hungary.

Dora Beregi

Being of Jewish descent she moved to England from Europe before the war and then represented England.

Dora Beregi

Beregi was a member of the winning England team at the 1948 World Table Tennis Championships and in addition won two more medals in the doubles with Helen Elliot and Richard Bergmann respectively.

Dora Beregi

Two more medals were won in the 1950 World Table Tennis Championships; a gold in the doubles with Helen Elliot and a bronze in the team event. She was also the winner of six English Open tournaments.

Beregi also participated in the Australian championships in Brisbane in 1950. later she emigrated to Australia.

Personal life

Beregi married a Devonian Mr Devenney and became Dora Devenney.

See also

List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships

List of table tennis players

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

Hungarian female table tennis players

Jewish table tennis players

World Table Tennis Championships medalists

English female table tennis players

Table tennis players from Budapest

1915 births

Possibly living people