Maud Rosenbaum
![]() Rosenbaum at the 1922 Women's World Games | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Maud Levi Rosenbaum Blumenthal |
Born | January 13, 1902[1] Chicago, United States[1] |
Died | May 3, 1981 (aged 79)[1] New York City, United States[2] |
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Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics, tennis |
Event(s) | Shot put |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | SP – 8.97 m (1922)[3] |
Maud Rosenbaum naturalized Italian, married in first marriage Levi and, in second marriage, Blumenthal (January 13, 1902 – May 3, 1981) was an American track and field athlete and tennis player who won a bronze medal in the shot put at the 1922 Women's World Games.
Biography[]
She was the daughter of a wealthy shoe manufacturer, Emmanual Rosenbaum. In 1927, she married Baron Giacomo Giorgio Levi in Paris, France and later moved to Rome; the couple had a daughter. In Italy, Baroness Levi became a prominent tennis player, and in 1930, she returned to the United States to compete in tennis. By 1933 she won four tennis titles, including the New York State Tennis Championship; next years she was ranked 7th female player by the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association. She divorced Baron Levi in 1934, and in 1935 married H. Walter Blumenthal, a New York stockbroker.[1][2][4]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Maud Rosenbaum Archived 24 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. columbiasc.edu
- ^ Jump up to: a b Maud Blumenthal, Tennis Player Who Won Many Titles in 1930's. The New York Times, May 5, 1981
- ^ Maud Rosenbaum. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ Rosenbaum, Maud – (1902–1981). abitofhistory.net
- 1902 births
- 1981 deaths
- American female shot putters
- American female tennis players
- Italian female tennis players
- Jewish American sportspeople
- Jewish tennis players
- Naturalised tennis players of Italy
- Women's World Games medalists
- 20th-century American women