| Biography | Johnny Leach (born 1923) is a retired 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). He is currently the president of the English Table Tennis Association. |