Full name | Dorothea Köring |
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Country (sports) | Germany |
Born | Chemnitz, German Empire | 11 July 1880
Died | 13 February 1945 Dresden, Nazi Germany | (aged 64)
Singles | |
Olympic Games | Silver Medal (1912) |
Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | Gold Medal (1912) |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Women's tennis | ||
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]