Picture No | 10267410 |
Date | 1893 |
Description | Charlotte Dod |
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Lottie Dod (1871 - 1960), sportswoman, tennis player and five times Wimbledon champion. Excelled in golf, hockey and archery as well as tennis. Won a silver medal in archery at the 1908 Olympics and was the youngest person ever to win a ladies singles title at Wimbledon. She is listed along with Babe Zaharias as being the most versatile female athlete in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Source | Photograph by Russell in 'The Sketch', 2 August 1893, page 4 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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