Jennifer Paes (''
née
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'' Dutton) is a former
basketball
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player from
India
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who captained the Indian national basketball team in 1982 and participated in the
1972 Summer Olympics
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. (There is no supporting evidence that she represented India in any Olympic competition. ) She accompanied her husband to the Olympics) She is mother of
Leander Paes, India's top tennis player, and the wife of India's former
field hockey
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player
Vece Paes
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.
Jennifer is the daughter of
Michael Dutton
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and Ruby Myrtle Nyss of
Calcutta
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and great-granddaughter of Bengali poet
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Michael Madhusudan Dutt ((Bengali: মাইকেল মধুসূদন দত্ত); (25 January 1824 – 29 June 1873) was a Bengali poet and playwright. He is considered one of the pioneers of Bengali literature.
Early life
Dutt ...
. Her uncle Garney Nyss was an accomplished sportsman in multiple sports including field hockey, speed skating, athletics, cricket, badminton and tennis.
References
External links
Ministry of Sports and Affairs, Government of India(archived 28 April 2005)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Indian women's basketball players
Sportspeople from Kolkata
Bengali people
Sportswomen from Kolkata
20th-century Indian women
20th-century Indian people
Basketball players from West Bengal
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