Edith Margaret Hannam (''née'' Boucher; 28 November 1878 – 16 January 1951) was a female

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player from Great Britain. She played at the

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and won two gold medals.

Family life

Edith Margaret Boucher was born in

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, Gloucestershire on 28 November 1878, the daughter of John and Julia Boucher, her father was a pharmaceutical chemist. Boucher married Francis John Hannam at Long Ashton in 1909, as a Captain in the Gloucestershire Regiment he was killed in action in France on 5 July 1916.Commomwealth War Graves Commission – F J Hannam
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Tennis career

In 1909 at the tennis tournament in

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, Hannam won the singles and mixed doubles titles and was a doubles finalist. She beat

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in the final for the singles title, paired with

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to reach the doubles final, and teamed with

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to win the mixed doubles title. At the 1912 Olympics Hannam won the gold medal in both the Woman's Singles indoor tournament, beating Danish player Sofie Castenschiold in straight sets, and in the Mixed Doubles indoor tournament with partner Charles Dixon. In 1914 she reached the Woman's Doubles finals at Wimbledon with partner

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but lost in straight sets to

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and

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Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)

References

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Olympic profile
1878 births 1951 deaths British female tennis players English Olympic medallists Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in tennis Olympic tennis players of Great Britain Tennis people from Bristol Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics English female tennis players {{UK-tennis-bio-stub