Sofie Castenschiold
| Full name | Thora Gerda Sofie Castenschiold | ||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |
 Denmark | ||||||||||||
| Born |
1 February 1882 Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||||||||||
| Died |
30 January 1979 (aged 96) Helsingborg, Sweden | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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.[1]
She took part in the 1912 Summer Olympics at Stockholm and won the silver medal in the indoor singles competition.[2]
External links
References
- ↑ "Tennishistorie - DM-vindere". www.b93.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ↑ "Sofie Castenschiold Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
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