Märtha Adlerstråhle
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Anna Märtha Vilhelmina Adlerstråhle (16 June 1868 – 4 January 1956) 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. Aged 40 she won a bronze medal in the indoor singles competition at the
1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...
. She was the first woman to represent Sweden at the Olympics.


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* 1868 births 1956 deaths People from Kungsör Municipality Swedish female tennis players Olympic tennis players for Sweden Tennis players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish women Sportspeople from Västmanland County {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub