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Country (sports)
  
Denmark

Role
  
Tennis player

Name
  
Sofie Castenschiold

Full name
  
Thora Gerda Sofie Castenschiold

Born
  
1 February 1882 Copenhagen, Denmark (
1882-02-01
)

Died
  
January 30, 1979, Helsingborg, Sweden

Olympic medals
  
Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Women's Indoor Singles

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Thora Gerda Sofie Castenschiold (1 February 1882 – 30 January 1979) was a Danish tennis player at the beginning of the 20th century.

Career

Castenschiold, a member of Copenhagen's KB, won the title at the first Danish women's tennis championships in 1906. She could defend it four times in a row until 1910.

She took part in the 1912 Summer Olympics at Stockholm and won the silver medal in the indoor singles competition.

References

Sofie Castenschiold Wikipedia