Billie Jean King
Autor(a) de All In: An Autobiography
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Image credit: Credit: David Shankbone, April 25, 2007
Obras por Billie Jean King
Associated Works
Body, Mind, and Sport: The Mind-Body Guide to Lifelong Health, Fitness, and Your Personal Best (1994) — Prefácio — 116 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1943-11-22
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Long Beach, California, USA
- Locais de residência
- Long Beach, California, USA
- Educação
- California State University, Los Angeles
- Ocupações
- professional tennis player
tennis coach
women's rights activist - Organizações
- Women's Tennis Association (founder)
Women's Sports Association (founder)
World Team Tennis (cofounder) - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009)
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year (1967)
Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (1972)
International Tennis Hall of Fame (1987)
100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century (1990)
Arthur Ashe Courage Award (1999) (mostrar todos 10)
Champion of Justice Award (2007)
Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year Lifetime Achievement award (2007)
California Hall of Fame (2006)
Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame (2009)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Billie Jean King is a retired professional tennis player. During her career she won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, including a record 20 titles at Wimbledon.
King has been an advocate for women's rights and women's sports, and was influential in the passage of Title IX legislation, which mandated equality in men's and women's school and collegiate sports. In 1971 King became the first female athlete to win over $100,000. King's victory against former men's Wimbledon champion Bobby Riggs in the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match led to greater recognition of women's tennis.
King founded the Women’s Tennis Association (1973), the Women’s Sports Foundation (1974), and Women’s Sports Magazine (1974), and co-founded World TeamTennis (1974).
She has been an advocate for social change and equality, including gay rights, and has been honored by many GLBT organizations.
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- Obras
- 11
- Also by
- 4
- Membros
- 340
- Popularidade
- #70,096
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 25
- ISBN
- 37
- Línguas
- 1