# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-leach
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:55:21.137Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-leach"
name: "Johnny Leach"
slug: "johnny-leach"
description: "John Alfred Leach MBE was a British table tennis player, coach, and author. He began competing at a relatively old age, 17, before serving in World War II. During the war, he greatly elevated his game and, in 1946, achieved a world ranking. In 1949, Leach became Great Britain's second World Champion singles player. After winning the title, he achieved widespread fame within the United Kingdom, appearing on television and writing for News of the World. Two years later, Leach added a second singles title. In 1953, he was part of the team that won Great Britain's first, and as of 2023 only, team World Championship. He also won 13 bronze and silver World championship medals between 1947 and 1955. As of 2014, Leach is just one of 11 players from any country to win two singles championships."
tagline: "British table tennis player (1922-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnny_Leach.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1922-11-20"
deathDate: "2014-06-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.48
  momentum:             9.83606557377049
  historical:           10.214652
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "约翰尼·利奇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Leach"
    title: "Johnny Leach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Leach"
    title: "Johnny Leach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Leach"
    title: "Johnny Leach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%86"
    title: "جانی لیچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Leach"
    title: "Johnny Leach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Leach"
    title: "Johnny Leach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81"
    title: "ジョニー・リーチ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Leach"
    title: "Johnny Leach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Leach"
    title: "Johnny Leach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Leach"
    title: "Johnny Leach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q955730"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump