Margareta Cederschiöld
Encyclopedia
Margareta Cordelia Cederschiöld (30 December 1879 – 29 July 1962) was a Swedish
tennis
player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
.
She was born and died in Stockholm
. She was the younger sister of Hugo Cederschiöld.
In 1912 she was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the outdoor singles
. In the indoor singles
she lost in the first round.
In the indoor mixed doubles she and her partner Carl Kempe
finished fourth without competing in the bronze medal match.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...
.
She was born and died in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. She was the younger sister of Hugo Cederschiöld.
In 1912 she was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the outdoor singles
Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Outdoor Women's Singles
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. In the indoor singles
Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Indoor Women's Singles
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she lost in the first round.
In the indoor mixed doubles she and her partner Carl Kempe
Carl Kempe
Johan Carl Kempe was leader of the Swedish pulp and paper industry Mo och Domsjö AB and involved in several other companies in the large economic sphere of the Kempe family. He was also a silver medalist in tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.Carl Kempe was born in Stockholm, son of...
finished fourth without competing in the bronze medal match.