German tennis player
![]() Dorothea Köring and Heinrich Schomburgk at the: 1912 Summer Olympics | |
Full name | Dorothea Köring |
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Country (sports) | Germany |
Born | (1880-07-11)11 July 1880 Chemnitz, German Empire |
Died | 13 February 1945(1945-02-13) (aged 64) Dresden, Nazi Germany |
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Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
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1912 Stockholm | Mixed doubles |
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1912 Stockholm | Singles |
Dorothea "Dora" Köring (German pronunciation: [doʁoˈteːa ˈkøːʁɪŋ]; 11 July 1880 – 13 February 1945) was a female tennis player from Germany.
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).
Köring died in her house in Dresden during the bombing of Dresden in World War II.
References※
- ^ "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/Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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