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Bobbie Rosenfeld
Canadian athletics competitor (1904–1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld (December 28, 1904 – November 14, 1969)[1] was a Canadian athlete, who won a gold medal for the 100-metre relay and a silver medal for the 100-metre at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. She was a star at basketball, hockey, softball, and tennis; and was called Bobbie for her "bobbed" haircut.[2] In 1949, named Rosenfeld the "Canadian woman athlete of the half-century."[3] The Bobbie Rosenfeld Award is named in her honour. In 1996, she was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.[4]
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Birth name | Fanny Rosenfeld | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1904-12-28)December 28, 1904 Ekaterinoslav, Russian Empire (now Dnipro, Ukraine) | ||||||||||||||
Died | November 13, 1969(1969-11-13) (aged 64) Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
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