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'''Leah Thall-Neuberger''' (December 17, 1915 in [[Columbus, Ohio]] – January 25, 1993), nicknamed '''Miss Ping''', was an [[United States|American]] [[table tennis]] player.
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Leah Thall-Neuberger was ranked the # 3 table tennis player in the world in 1951.
'''Leah Thall-Neuberger''' (December 17, 1915 in [[Columbus, Ohio]] – January 25, 1993), nicknamed '''Miss Ping''', was an American [[table tennis]] player. She was ranked the # 3 table tennis player in the world in 1951.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=leah-neuberger-127561|title=Profile|publisher=Table Tennis Guide}}</ref>


==Table tennis career==
==Table tennis career==
Her six World Championship medals<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|title=Table Tennis World Championship medal winners|publisher=Sports123}}</ref> included a [[gold medal]] in the mixed doubles at the [[1956 World Table Tennis Championships]] with [[Erwin Klein]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700|year=2004|publisher=The Bath Press|isbn=0-316-72645-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=Peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312|year=1987|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-492-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessencyclop00matt}}</ref> Her partners for the three bronze medals in the doubles were [[Davida Hawthorn]], [[Thelma Thall]] and [[Peggy Ichkoff]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChResultsWD.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412073641/http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChResultsWD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-04-12|title=Women's doubles results|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation}}</ref>
The United States’ greatest women’s table tennis player, of whom the [[New York Times]] once wrote: “Her paddle is her passport,” Thall-Neuberger won the World Mixed Doubles
Championship in 1956 with teenager Erwin Klein.


Neuberger won the United States national championships nine times as a single player, twelve times in doubles, and eight times in mixed doubles. She also won 41 times at the Canadian championships. She served on the Canadian team that travelled to the [[People’s Republic of China]] in 1971 on the [[Ping-Pong Diplomacy]] Tour.<ref name="Hall of Fame">{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/LeahThall-Neuberger.htm|title=Leah Thall-Neuberger|publisher=International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame|accessdate=3 April 2014}}</ref> She also won two [[English Open (table tennis)|English Open]] titles.
Leah captured 29 National titles between 1949 and 1974 — 9 Singles, 12 Doubles, and 8 Mixed Doubles.


Neuberger competed at the [[1969 Maccabiah Games]] in Israel.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 1969 |title=United States Maccabiah Team in Israel |pages=3 |work=Toledo Jewish News |url=https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll77/id/3075/ |access-date=26 January 2023}}</ref>
She also won 41 Canadian championships, including 11 Singles titles.


In 1971, she accompanied the Canadian table tennis team on its historic [[Ping-Pong Diplomacy]] Tour to the [[People’s Republic of China]]. The only American in the Canadian entourage, and the first U.S. citizen in decades to visit China and speak face to face with Chinese premier [[Chou En-lai]], her chat sparked a series of events that helped thaw the relationship between the United States and China.
==Halls of Fame==
==Halls of Fame==
In 1980, she was elected a charter member of the USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame.
Neuberger, who was [[Jew]]ish, was inducted into the [[International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1999. She was also a member of the US Table Tennis Hall of Fame.<ref name="Hall of Fame" />

Neuberger, who was [[Jew]]ish, was inducted into the [[International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1999.[http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/LeahThall-Neuberger.htm]


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Jews in sports#Table tennis|List of select Jewish table tennis players]]
*[[List of Jews in sports#Table tennis|List of select Jewish table tennis players]]
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* [[List of table tennis players]]
* [[List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists]]

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/LeahThall-Neuberger.htm Jewish Sports bio]
*[http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/LeahThall-Neuberger.htm Jewish Sports bio]


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Latest revision as of 02:43, 26 July 2024

Leah Thall-Neuberger
Personal information
Nationality United States
Born(1915-12-17)17 December 1915
Died25 January 1993(1993-01-25) (aged 77)
Medal record
Representing  United States
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1947 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1947 Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1948 Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1951 Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1951 Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1956 Mixed Doubles

Leah Thall-Neuberger (December 17, 1915 in Columbus, Ohio – January 25, 1993), nicknamed Miss Ping, was an American table tennis player. She was ranked the # 3 table tennis player in the world in 1951.[1]

Table tennis career

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Her six World Championship medals[2] included a gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 1956 World Table Tennis Championships with Erwin Klein.[3][4] Her partners for the three bronze medals in the doubles were Davida Hawthorn, Thelma Thall and Peggy Ichkoff respectively.[5]

Neuberger won the United States national championships nine times as a single player, twelve times in doubles, and eight times in mixed doubles. She also won 41 times at the Canadian championships. She served on the Canadian team that travelled to the People’s Republic of China in 1971 on the Ping-Pong Diplomacy Tour.[6] She also won two English Open titles.

Neuberger competed at the 1969 Maccabiah Games in Israel.[7]

Halls of Fame

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Neuberger, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. She was also a member of the US Table Tennis Hall of Fame.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  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. ^ "Women's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  6. ^ a b "Leah Thall-Neuberger". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  7. ^ "United States Maccabiah Team in Israel". Toledo Jewish News. August 1969. p. 3. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
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