Lottie Dod
English tennis player (1871-1960)
Lottie Dod was an English sportsperson at a time when few women played sports. She won the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Championship five times, the first when she was only 15.
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| Full name | Charlotte "Lottie" Dod |
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| Country (sports) |  United Kingdom |
| Born | 24 September 1871 Bebington, Cheshire |
| Died | 27 June 1960 (aged 88) Sway, England |
| Height | 5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m) |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1983 (member page) |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Wimbledon | W 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893 |
Dod competed in many other sports, including golf, field hockey, and archery. She also won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship, and played twice for the England women's national field hockey team, which she helped to found.[1]
She won a silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in archery.[2]
Dod won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship. The Guinness Book of Records called her the most versatile female athlete of all time, together with track and field athlete and fellow golf player Babe Zaharias.[3]
References change
- ↑ www.intute.ac.uk
- ↑ "Lottie Dod". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ↑ Pearson, Jeffrey 1988. Lottie Dod – Champion of Champions – story of an athlete. Wirral: Countywise Limited. ISBN 0-907768-26-1