Louise Martin (swimmer)
Louise Martin may refer to: * Louise Martin (photographer) (1911–1995), American photographer * Louise Martin (sports administrator) (born 1946), Scottish sports administrator See also * Louisa Martin Mary Louisa "Mollie" Martin (3 September 1865 – 24 October 1941) was a tennis player from Ireland. She was considered the leading Irish female player of her time. Martin started playing tennis in 1885 and early on was successful at the tourna ...

Louise Martin (photographer)
Louise Ozelle Martin (9 January 1911 – 15 July 1995) was an American professional photographer who received recognition for her photographs of Houston Freedom Riders, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and beyond. She is known as a pioneer for African-American female photographers. Early life and education Martin was born in Brenham, Texas, which was a small German town near Houston, on January 9, 1911, to Vanda Martin and Barbara (Harris) Martin. She became interested in photography at a young age due to her love of pictures, which her mother encouraged. When Martin was eleven years old, her mother bought her her first camera for $3.98. By the time she was a junior in high school, Martin had replaced the company that took school photos at her high school. Martin's mother encouraged her to study home economics or nursing at a local Black university, but the courses that she was interested in were not offered. Instead, she worked in a River Oak mansion until she could afford to enro ...
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Louise Martin (sports Administrator)
Dame Louise Livingstone Martin, DBE (''née'' Campbell; born 1946) is the President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). She is also a Scottish sports administrator, retired athlete, nutritionist and former educator. She has previously chaired the Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland and SportScotland, headed Scotland's successful bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games and played a key role in their organisation. Career Martin was born in 1946 in Dunfermline. In the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, aged 16, she competed in the 110 yards backstroke and 220 yards backstroke and reached the finals in both."Louise Martin pivotal in smoothing the way for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games"

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