Dorothea Köring
 Dorothea Köring and Heinrich Schomburgk at the 1912 Summer Olympics | |
| Full name | Dorothea Köring |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | Germany |
| Born | 11 July 1880 Chemnitz, German Empire |
| Died | 13 February 1945 (aged 64) Dresden, Nazi Germany |
| Singles | |
| Olympic Games |  Silver Medal (1912) |
| Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games |  Gold Medal (1912) |
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 | 1912 Stockholm | Mixed doubles |
 | 1912 Stockholm | Singles |
Dorothea "Dora" Köring (German pronunciation: [doʁoˈteːa ˈkøːʁɪŋ]; 11 July 1880 – 13 February 1945) was a female tennis player from Germany.[1]
At the Stockholm Olympics in 1912 she won a gold medal in the mixed doubles event with Heinrich Schomburgk and a silver medal in the women's outdoor singles tournament (lost to Marguerite Broquedis of France).[2]
Köring died in her house in Dresden during the bombing of Dresden in World War II.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dorothea Köring". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Dorothea Köring Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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