Lorna Cornell (born 3 January 1933) is a British former

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. Cornell is the daughter of athlete Muriel Gunn-Cornell, who was a

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holder for long jump. Active in the 1950s and 1960s, Cornell won the

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junior singles title twice and made regular appearances at the tournaments for two decades. She won the St.George's Hill Open singles title in 1961 and 1964. Cornell married Australian tennis coach Peter Cawthorn in 1953 but towards the end of her career had remarried and was competing as Lorna Greville-Collins. Other than tennis, Cornell also excelled in long jump as a junior and was named on the list of "possibles" to represent Great Britain at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornell, Lorna 1933 births Living people British female tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles