Danish tennis player
Full name | Thora Gerda Sofie Castenschiold | ||||||||||||||
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Country (sports) | Denmark | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1882-02-01)1 February 1882 Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||||||||||||
Died | 30 January 1979(1979-01-30) (aged 96) Helsingborg, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
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Thora Gerda Sofie Castenschiold (1 February 1882 – 30 January 1979) was a Danish tennis player at the beginning of the 20th century. She was the first woman to represent Denmark at the Olympics.
Career
Castenschiold, a member of Copenhagen's KB, won the title at the first Danish women's tennis championships in 1906. She could defend it four times in a row until 1910.
She took part in the 1912 Summer Olympics at Stockholm and won the silver medal in the indoor singles competition.
References
- "Sofie Castenschiold". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- "Tennishistorie - DM-vindere". www.b93.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sofie Castenschiold". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
External links
- Sofie Castenschiold at the International Tennis Federation
- Thora Gerda Sophie Castenschiold at Olympics.com
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