Vera Thomas


Vera Sybil Thomas,, was a female international table tennis and tennis player from England.

Table tennis career

She won seven medals at the World Table Tennis Championships including three gold medals; two in the team events and one as a member of the winning doubles team in the 1948 World Table Tennis Championships with Peggy Franks. She also won three English Open titles.

Tennis career

As a tennis player she competed in 15 editions of the Wimbledon Championships between 1946 and 1961. Her best result in the singles was reaching the fourth round in 1948 in which she lost to Nelly Landry.

Personal life

She married Arthur Thomas in 1947 and became Vera Thomas-Dace.