Wendy Woodhead


Pauline 'Wendy' Woodhead was a female former international table tennis player from England.

Table tennis career

She won a silver medal with Margaret Osborne in the women's doubles at the 1937 World Table Tennis Championships. The following year she won a gold medal at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships with Laszlo Bellak. It was the first time they had paired together for a tournament.
She also won four English Open titles.

Personal life

Her father Percy William Woodhead owned a tennis court and table tennis room where she learnt to play. She married Martin 'Bunny' Burbush in 1940. She died in 2003, in Penrith, Cumbria.
Wendy & Martin had two children. Belinda & Timothy.