Elsebeth Brehm

Danish tennis player
Elsebeth Brehm
Country (sports)Denmark
Born30 July 1901
Frederiksberg, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Died14 July 1995
Gentofte, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Elsebeth Brehm, married name Jørgensen (30 July 1901 – 14 July 1995) was a Danish tennis player.[1] She represented Denmark at the 1920 Summer Olympics and at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2]

Brehm won many Danish Championships, and in 1921 this athletic and aggressive player emerged as triple champion in the World Covered Court Championships, winning both the singles, the women's doubles along with Ebba Meyer and the mixed doubles with Erik Tegner. This tournament was held in at Brehm's home club in Copenhagen Frederiksberg.

References

  1. ^ "Elsebeth Brehm". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Elsebeth Brehm Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
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World Covered Court Champions in women's singles
  • 1913: Helen Aitchison
  • 1914–18: not held (World War I)
  • 1919: Dorothy Holman
  • 1920: Winifred Beamish
  • 1921: Elsebeth Brehm Jørgensen
  • 1922: Germaine Golding
  • 1923: Kitty McKane
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World Covered Court Champions in women's doubles
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World Covered Court Champions in mixed doubles


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