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Kathleen McKane Godfree

1896 - 1992

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Kathleen "Kitty" McKane Godfree (née McKane; 7 May 1896 – 19 June 1992) was a British tennis and badminton player and the second most decorated female British Olympian, joint with Katherine Grainger. According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Godfree was ranked in the world top 10 from 1921 (when the rankings began) through 1927, reaching a career high of world No. 2 in these rankings in 1923, 1924, and 1926. Godfree won five Olympic medals in tennis at the 1920 Antwerp and 1924 Paris games, the most Olympic medals won by a tennis player until Venus Williams matched this record at the 2016 Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kathleen McKane Godfree is the 138th most popular tennis player (up from 149th in 2019), the 2,899th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,161st in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Kathleen McKane Godfree ranks 138 out of 1,569. Before her are Carlos Alcaraz, R. Norris Williams, Jennifer Capriati, Lew Hoad, Helena Suková, and Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling. After her are Andrés Gómez, Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Ernest Renshaw, Kea Bouman, Jim Courier, and Lottie Dod.

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Among people born in 1896, Kathleen McKane Godfree ranks 161. Before her are Friedrich Sämisch, Josef Kammhuber, Teinosuke Kinugasa, John L. McClellan, Constantin Rădulescu, and George Burns. After her are Philippe Étancelin, Adhemar Pimenta, Roger Sessions, Evgeny Schwartz, Lilia Skala, and Hubert Lanz. Among people deceased in 1992, Kathleen McKane Godfree ranks 147. Before her are Willie Dixon, Bo Lindman, Andrew Marton, Gerard K. O'Neill, Richard Yates, and Todd Armstrong. After her are Viktor Grishin, Sándor Veress, Hal Roach, Jack Arnold, Anthony Dawson, and Irakli Abashidze.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kathleen McKane Godfree ranks 2,900 out of 8,785. Before her are Andrew Latimer (1949), André Waterkeyn (1917), Edmund Leach (1910), Poppy Morgan (1983), Harriet Walter (1950), and Charles Lock Eastlake (1793). After her are Charles Barry (1795), William Robertson Smith (1846), Harvey Postlethwaite (1944), Jon Finch (1942), Paul Simonon (1955), and John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among tennis players born in United Kingdom, Kathleen McKane Godfree ranks 12. Before her are William Renshaw (1861), Dorothy Round (1909), Reginald Doherty (1872), Laurence Doherty (1875), Andy Murray (1987), and Arthur Gore (1868). After her are Ernest Renshaw (1861), Lottie Dod (1871), Dora Boothby (1881), Blanche Bingley (1863), Spencer Gore (1850), and George Hillyard (1864).

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