Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith
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Gwendoline "Gladys" Eastlake-Smith (born August 14, 1883 in London , † September 18, 1941 in Middleham , Yorkshire ; after her marriage, Gladys Lamplough ) was an English tennis player.
Eastlake-Smith was born in 1883 to Charles Eastlake Smith and his wife Lizzie Smith. Her father played football for the clubs Crystal Palace and Wanderers FC and took part in an international match against Scotland in 1876 .
In 1907 Eastlake-Smith won the English Indoor Championships ( Covered Court Championships ). A year later she won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in London . In the same year she married the doctor Wharram Henry Lamplough. She last took part in the Wimbledon Championships in 1921 .
Eastlake-Smith died in Middleham in 1941 at the age of 58.
Web links
- ITF profile Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=882
- ^ Dorothea Chambers: Lawn Tennis for Ladies. Methuen & Co. Ltd., London 1910. ( online )
1900: Charlotte Cooper | 1908: Dorothea Douglass (lawn) ; Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (Halle) | 1912: Marguerite Broquedis (lawn) ; Edith Hannam (Halle) | 1920: Suzanne Lenglen | 1924: Helen Wills Moody | 1988: Steffi Graf | 1992: Jennifer Capriati | 1996: Lindsay Davenport | 2000: Venus Williams | 2004: Justine Henin | 2008: Jelena Dementjewa | 2012: Serena Williams | 2016: Mónica Puig
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| SURNAME | Eastlake-Smith, Gwendoline |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eastlake-Smith, Gladys; Lamplough, Gladys |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English tennis player, Olympic champion 1908 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1941 |
| Place of death | Middleham , Yorkshire |