Lottie Dod, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Lottie Dod

English tennis player

Date of Birth: 24-Sep-1871

Place of Birth: Bebington, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Jun-1960

Profession: tennis player, field hockey player, golfer, archer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Lottie Dod

  • Charlotte "Lottie" Dod (24 September 1871 – 27 June 1960) was an English sportswoman, best known as a tennis player.
  • She won the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Championship five times, the first one when she was only fifteen in the summer of 1887.
  • She remains the youngest ladies' singles champion.In addition to tennis, Dod competed in many other sports, including golf, field hockey, and archery.
  • She also won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship, played twice for the England women's national field hockey team (which she helped to found), and won a silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in archery.
  • The Guinness Book of Records has named her as the most versatile female athlete of all time, together with track and field athlete and fellow golf player Babe Zaharias.

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