Nadine Netter Levy (born October 26, 1944) is an American former professional

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player. She competed in the

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, and at the US Open, and won a silver medal in women's doubles at the

1965 Maccabiah Games The 7th Maccabiah Games in 1965 saw 1,500 athletes from 29 different countries compete in 21 sports. It was the first Maccabiah Games for Iran, Jamaica, Peru, and Venezuela. The United States delegation won the most gold medals, followed by Israel, ...

in Israel.

Biography

Netter was born to parents who were recent arrivals. Her German father Kurt and Swiss mother Alice (Dreyfus) both left Europe in the early stages of World War II. She grew up in New York and is Jewish. She attended

Scarsdale High School Scarsdale High School (SHS) is a public high school in Scarsdale, New York, United States, a coterminous town and village in Westchester County, New York. It is a part of the Scarsdale Union Free School District. The school was founded in 1917. ...

and

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('66), graduated with a degree in German ,and was inducted into the Wellesley College Athletics Hall of Fame. She earned a Master’s of International Affairs degree from

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. She won the Eastern Women's College Tournament in 1962, and was the Eastern Intercollegiate Champion and New England Intercollegiate women's Tennis Championship winner in 1965. Active on tour in the 1960s, Netter competed internationally in the

and

. She reached the third round of the U.S. National Championships in 1962 and was a doubles quarter-finalist at the US Open in 1968. At the

in Israel, she and partner Carole Wright won a silver medal in women's doubles, losing in the finals to South Africans

Esmé Emmanuel Esmé Emmanuel Berg (born 14 June 1947) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Emmanuel was the girls' singles champion at the 1965 French Championships. She won a doubles gold medal at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Her ...

and Rene Wolpert.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Netter, Nadine 1944 births Living people American female tennis players Jewish tennis players Tennis people from New York (state) American people of German descent American people of Swiss descent Maccabiah Games silver medalists for the United States Competitors at the 1965 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games medalists in tennis Jewish American sportspeople Wellesley College alumni Columbia University alumni