Kathleen McKane Godfree
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Kathleen "Kitty" McKane Godfree was a British tennis and badminton player and the second most decorated female British Olympian, joint with Katherine Grainger.
Kathleen McKane Godfree (left) and Suzanne Lenglen at the French Championships in 1925
Playing in 1923
Katherine Grainger
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Katherine Jane Grainger, Baroness Grainger, is a Scottish academic and former athlete. She is a 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist, four-time Olympic silver medallist and six-time World Champion for
Kathleen McKane Godfree
…née McKane; 7 May 1896 – 19 June 1992) was a British tennis and badminton player and the second most decorated female British Olympian, joint with Katherine Grainger. According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Godfree was ranked in the world top 10 from 1921 (when the rankings began…
Grainger with her Olympic gold medal
Gold postbox in Aberdeen, Scotland, painted in celebration of Grainger's 2012 Olympic gold win
John Henry Brookes building front, February 2014