Johnny Leach

Johnny Leach
Full name	LEACH Johnny
Nationality	England
Medal record Men's table tennis Competitor for  England World Championships Bronze 1955 Utrecht Team Bronze 1954 Wembley Team Silver 1953 Bucharest Doubles Gold 1953 Bucharest Team Silver 1952 Bombay Doubles Silver 1952 Bombay Mixed Doubles Silver 1952 Bombay Team Gold 1951 Vienna Singles Bronze 1951 Vienna Doubles Bronze 1951 Vienna Mixed Doubles Bronze 1950 Budapest Team Gold 1949 Stockholm Singles Bronze 1949 Stockholm Mixed Doubles Bronze 1949 Stockholm Team Bronze 1947 Paris Singles Silver 1947 Paris Doubles

Johnny Leach (born 1923)^[1] was a British table tennis player. From 1947 to 1955 he won several medals in single, double, and team events at the World Table Tennis Championships, including the individual Men's World Championships at Stockholm in 1949 and Vienna in 1951, a World Team Championship Gold Medal for UK (1953) and Silver Medal (runner up) in 1952, and runner up (Silver) in men's doubles in three World Championships (1947,1952,1953).^[2][3] He is currently the president of the English Table Tennis Association.

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