Ethel Jacks

Ethel Jacks is a former Ghanaian professional table tennis player who won three consecutive women's singles titles (1964, 1968, 1974) and three women's doubles titles (1964, 1968, 1976) at the African Table Tennis Championships. This feat earned her the nickname, Queen of African table tennis.[1][2] She also competed at the 1961 World Championships.[3] She was one of the Ghana tennis players who developed and trained under D. G. Hathiramani.[4]

Born in Accra, Ghana , she represented her father's birth country at the 1976 African Championships.[5]

Awards

In April 2019, Ethel was awarded by Africa Table Tennis during the ITTF African, Youth, Junior and Cadet Championship held in Ghana for her contribution to the sports from the 1960s through 1970's.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Ex-African champion Ethel Jacks excited over ITTF tournament in Ghana". ITTF-Africa. Archived from the original on 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  2. ^ a b "Africa Table Tennis Honours Ghana's Legend, Ethel Jacks". Modern Ghana. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  3. ^ Rofe, Simon (2018). Sport and diplomacy: Games within games. Oxford University Press. ISBN 1526131072.
  4. ^ Princeton Kwabena Wiredu (12 April 2023). "D.G Hathiramani's protege keen on reviving table tennis in Ghana". ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  5. ^ Wilson, Jonathan (20 January 2006). "African cup will reheat sibling rivalry". Financial Times. Retrieved 3 June 2019.


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