Full name Dorothea Koring Name Dorothea Koring Olympic Games Gold Medal (1912) | Country (sports) Germany Role Tennis player | |
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Born 11 July 1880
Chemnitz, Germany ( 1880-07-11 ) Died February 13, 1945, Dresden, Germany Olympic medals Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Women\'s outdoor singles | ||
Olympic Games Silver Medal (1912) | ||
Dorothea "Dora" Köring ( [doʁoˈteːa ˈkøːʁɪŋ]; 11 July 1880 – 13 February 1945) was a female tennis player from Germany.
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).
Köring died in her house in Dresden during the bombing of Dresden in World War II.
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