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Danish tennis player
Sofie Castenschiold
Full nameThora Gerda Sofie Castenschiold
Country (sports)Denmark
Born(1882-02-01)1 February 1882
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died30 January 1979(1979-01-30) (aged 96)
Helsingborg, Sweden
Medal record
Representing  Denmark
Women's Tennis
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1912 Stockholm Indoor singles

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

  1. "Sofie Castenschiold". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. "Tennishistorie - DM-vindere". www.b93.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  4. 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.

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