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Elsebeth Brehm Jorgensen (30 July 1901 – 14 July 1995) was a Danish tennis player. She represented
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at the
1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...
and at the
1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...
. In 1921, she along with
Ebba Meyer Ebba is a feminine given name, the feminine version of Ebbe, which is a diminutive form of the Germanic name Eberhard or Everhard, meaning " strong." Alternately, it may be a form of an Old English name Æbbe, of unknown derivation, which was th ...
emerged as the champions in the
World Covered Court Championships The World Covered Court Championships were part of a series of three major world championships sanctioned from 1913 to 1923 by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). The tournament was played indoors on wood floors, and its venue changed ...
.


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Danish female tennis players Olympic tennis players of Denmark Tennis players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Frederiksberg 1901 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Danish women {{Denmark-tennis-bio-stub