) Dorothea Köring and Heinrich Schomburgk at the 1912 Summer Olympics | |
| Full name | Dorothea Köring |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | Germany |
| Born | 11 July 1880 Chemnitz, German Empire |
| Died | 13 February 1945 (aged 64) Dresden, Nazi Germany |
| Singles | |
| Olympic Games | ){kind=small} Silver Medal (1912) |
| Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | ){kind=small} Gold Medal (1912) |
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's tennis | ||
.svg.png "Gold medal – first place"){kind=icon} | 1912 Stockholm | Mixed doubles |
.svg.png "Silver medal – second place"){kind=icon} | 1912 Stockholm | Singles |
Dorothea "Dora" Köring (German pronunciation: [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).[1]
Köring died in her house in Dresden during the bombing of Dresden in World War II.[2]
References
- ^ "Dorothea Köring Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.