Dorothea Köring Tennis player

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).Köring died in her house in Dresden during the bombing of Dresden in World War II.

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Dorothea Köring
Birth dateJuly 11, 1880
Birth place
German Empire , Chemnitz
Date of deathFebruary 13, 1945
Place of death
Nazi Germany , Dresden

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