Edith Hannam
Edith Hannan
Hannam in 1912 |
| Full name |
Edith Margaret Hannan |
| Country |
United Kingdom |
| Born |
28 November 1878(1878-11-28)
Bristol |
| Died |
16 January 1951(1951-01-16) (aged 72) |
| Singles |
| Grand Slam results |
| Wimbledon |
F (1911, All Comers') |
| Olympic Games |
Silver Medal (1912) |
| Doubles |
| Grand Slam Doubles results |
| Wimbledon |
F (1914) |
| Other Mixed Doubles tournaments |
| Olympic Games |
Gold Medal (1912) |
Edith Margaret Hannam (nee Boucher) (28 November 1878 – 16 January 1951) was a female tennis player from Great Britain. She played at the 1912 Summer Olympics and won two gold medals.
Family life
Edith Margaret Boucher was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire on 28 November 1878, the daughter of John and Julia Boucher, her father was a pharmaceutical chemist.
Boucher married Francis John Hannam at Long Ashton in 1909, as a Captain in the Gloucestershire Regiment he was killed in action in France on 5 July 1916.[1]
Tennis career
In 1909 at the tennis tournament in Cincinnati, Hannam won the singles and mixed doubles titles and was a doubles finalist. She beat Martha Kinsey in the final for the singles title, paired with Julius Frieberg to reach the doubles final, and teammed with Lincoln Mitchell to win the mixed doubles title
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Hannam, Edith Margaret |
| Alternative names |
Boucher, Edith Margaret |
| Short description |
Tennis player |
| Date of birth |
28 November 1878 |
| Place of birth |
Bristol |
| Date of death |
16 January 1951 |
| Place of death |
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