Charlotte Cooper was a very good tennis player who won the first medal awarded to a female athlete in the modern Olympics(in Paris in 1900). She also eventually won Wimbledon 5 times.
Charlotte Cooper, who was a British tennis player, represented Great Britain in international competitions. She was the first female Olympic champion in tennis, winning the women's singles event at the 1900 Paris Olympics.
In the Ancient Olympics it is recorded as a spartan princess called Kynisca in 392BC. In the Modern Day Olympics (1896) there was an unofficial competitor in the marathon - Stamata Revithi The first acknowledged competed at the 1900 in Paris. Yachting, Equestrian, Croquet, Tennis, Golf and Ballooning. First Gold medal Helen de Pourtales, Switzerland, Yachting mixed event and Charlotte Cooper, Great Britain, Tennis individual womens event.
Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain in tennis at the 1900 Games in Paris.
Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain in singles at the 1900 Games in Paris.
It was at Paris
The 1900 Summer Olympics were held in Paris, France.
That was ladies singles tennis and the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal was Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain at the 1900 Games in Paris.
Paris Olympics in 1900
If you mean the Olympics, Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain won the women's singles tennis gold medal in 1900
Paris, France
Charlotte Cooper in women's singles tennis at the 1900 Games in Paris.