Edith Hannam
 Hannam in 1912 | |
| Full name | Edith Margaret Hannam |
|---|---|
| Country | Great Britain |
| Born |
28 November 1878 Bristol, England |
| Died |
16 January 1951 (aged 72) Kensington, England |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Wimbledon | F (1911, All Comers') |
| Olympic Games |
 Gold Medal (1912) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | F (1914) |
| Other Mixed Doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games |
Gold Medal (1912) |
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| tennis | ||
| Gold | 1912 Stockholm | Indoor singles |
| Gold | 1912 Stockholm | Indoor mixed doubles |
Edith Margaret Hannam (née 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.[1]
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.[2]
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.
At the 1912 Olympics Hannam won the Gold medal in both the Woman's Singles, beating Danish player Sofie Castenschiold in straight sets, and in the Mixed Doubles with partner Charles Dixon. In 1914 she reached the Woman's Doubles finals at Wimbledon with partner Ethel Larcombe but lost in straight sets to Elizabeth Ryan and Agnes Morton.
References
- ↑ "Edith Hannam Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ↑ Commomwealth War Graves Commission – F J Hannam
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