Annie Sofia Holmström (22 February 1880 – 26 October 1953) was a Swedish

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. She competed in singles and mixed doubles at the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

and finished in fourth-fifth place. Her elder sister

Ellen Brusewitz Ellen Maria Brusewitz (née ''Holmström'', 10 November 1878 – 17 May 1952) was a Swedish tennis player. She competed in the women's outdoor singles event at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 191 ...

competed in singles at the same Olympics. She competed in three of the four competitions. In the mixed grass event, she won the opening match against the Norwegian Duo Molla Mallory and Conrad Langaard, but then lost to the Swedes Sigrid Fick and Gunnar Setterwall. Because of the many retreats, she was awarded fourth place. Holmström lost her first Match in each of the two singles matches. In 1911 and 1913 she reached the final of the Swedish Indoor Championships.

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* 1880 births 1953 deaths Swedish female tennis players Olympic tennis players for Sweden Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Jönköping 20th-century Swedish women {{Sweden-tennis-bio-stub