Resultado de búsqueda
Hace 2 días · Althea Gibson (1927-2003) nació en Silver, Carolina del Sur, Estados Unidos, el 25 de agosto de 1927. Su familia trabajaba el algodón, pero a raíz de la Gran Depresión, en 1930, emigró al ...
Hace 5 días · En 1957, Althea Gibson ganó el torneo de Wimbledon y el Campeonato de Estados Unidos, siendo la primera tenista afroamericana en conquistarlos. Gibson ganó igualmente el Campeonato de Australia y Wimbledon en dobles y el Campeonato de Estados Unidos en dobles mixtos.
Hace 2 días · JULY 6, 1957. Althea Gibson, in 1956, the year she won the French Open. Credit: Library of Congress. Althea Gibson became the first African American to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon and became the top female tennis player in the world. Just six years earlier, she had become the first black player to compete at Wimbledon.
Hace 2 días · Althea Gibson and her mentor Dr Hubert Eaton Sr in an file photo taken in Landfall In 1946, Gibson moved to live with Eaton and his family in Wilmington, where she attended school and trained ...
19 de jun. de 2024 · Althea Gibson was one of the first Black athletes to break the color line in tennis and the first Black woman to join the LPGA tour.
Hace 6 días · On July 6, 1957, Althea Gibson won the women’s singles title at Wimbledon. She was the first African American to win a tennis championship at the historic All England Lawn Tennis &...
18 de jun. de 2024 · Althea Gibson won multiple singles, doubles, and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles across her amateur tennis career in the 1950s. After tennis, she turned to golf, becoming the first Black player on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour in 1964.
