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(Redirected from Maud Rosenbaum Levi) American track and field athlete and tennis player

Maud Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum at the 1922 Women's World Games
Personal information
Full nameMaud Levi Rosenbaum Blumenthal
BornJanuary 13, 1902
Chicago, United States
DiedMay 3, 1981 (aged 79)
New York City, United States
Sport
CountryItaly
SportAthletics, tennis
EventShot put
Achievements and titles
Personal bestSP – 8.97 m (1922)
Medal record
Representing Italy
Women's World Games
Bronze medal – third place 1922 Paris Shot put

Maud Rosenbaum (January 13, 1902 – May 3, 1981) was an Italian-American track-and-field athlete and tennis player who won a bronze medal in the shot put at the 1922 Women's World Games. She was a naturalized Italian. Her name in her first marriage was Levi, and her name in her second marriage was Blumenthal

Biography

She was the daughter of a wealthy shoe manufacturer Emmanual Rosenbaum. In 1927, she married Baron Giacomo Giorgio Levi in Paris and later moved to Rome; the couple had a daughter. In Italy, Baroness Levi became a prominent tennis player, and in 1930, she returned to the United States to compete in tennis. By 1933. she won four tennis titles, including the New York State Tennis Championship. In 1934, she was ranked the seventh female player by the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association. She divorced Baron Levi in 1934, and in 1935, she married H. Walter Blumenthal, a New York stockbroker.

References

  1. ^ Maud Rosenbaum Archived 24 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. columbiasc.edu
  2. ^ Maud Blumenthal, Tennis Player Who Won Many Titles in 1930's. The New York Times, May 5, 1981
  3. Maud Rosenbaum. trackfield.brinkster.net
  4. Rosenbaum, Maud – (1902–1981). abitofhistory.net
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