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Charlotte Cooper

English female tennis player

Died when: 96 years 18 days (1152 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

Charlotte Cooper

Charlotte "Chattie" Cooper Sterry (née Charlotte Reinagle Cooper; 22 September 1870 – 10 October 1966) was an English female tennis player who won five singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships and in 1900 became Olympic champion.

In winning in Paris on 11 July 1900, she became the first female Olympic tennis champion as well as the first individual female Olympic champion.

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