CLAUDIA KOHDE KILSCH
CLAUDIA KOHDE KILSCH
A brief look at Claudia
Claudia Kohde (Kilsch).. born on the 11th December 1963 in Saarbruecken, Germany, a top class 'serve and volley' player, also a renowned doubles player, in particular with Helena Sukova winning Wimbledon (1987) and the USOpen (1985).. also in singles reaching the Semi Finals of the Australian Open 3 times, and also the Semi Finals of the French Open in 1985, as well as a quarter finalist at Wimbledon and the USOpen.. Also won a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics. Now retired, and a Mother and married Chris Bennett Friday 24th November 2000.
I followed Claudia from Kitzbuehel 1980 (Picture above far right) until she retired, visiting over 200 tournaments around the World, making great friends, seeing fantastic places, and finding a great friend in Claudia, as well of course as some great tennis to watch.
Claudia was always at home on grass with her dynamic 'Serve and Volley' game, and obviously her greatest victory was the Wimbledon Doubles with Helena Sukova in 1987. She also won the Birmingham singles title, defeating Pam Shriver in 1988.
This is just a small insight, and my appreciation to Claudia... I have a 'Tennis Site' with more pictures, if you click on the picture below that will take you to the site 'Tennis Girls'.
The
Olympic Medallists Club launch :
From left to right; Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Stefan Edberg, Goran Ivanisevic and
Miloslav Mecir.
Front; Wendy Turnbull, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Monique Kalkman and Eric
Stuurman
A select group of Olympic and
Paralympic Tennis Medallists have been honoured at a prestigious International
Tennis Federation dinner in
Nine medallists in all were presented with specially cast Olympic Tennis Event pins by ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti, H.E. Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee, and Mr Robert Steadward, President of the International Paralympic Committee during the ITF World Champions' Dinner at the Hotel de Ville on 6 June.
The dinner, held during
Roland Garros each year, this year highlighted Olympic tennis as part of the
lead up to the Sydney 2000 Olympics in
The nine players to receive their pins were:
Boris Becker (GER) Gold -
Men's Doubles, Barcelona 1992
Mary Joe Fernandez (USA) Gold - Women's Doubles,
Barcelona 1992
Gold - Women's Doubles, Atlanta 1996
Bronze - Women's Singles, Barcelona 1992
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (GER) Bronze - Women's Doubles,
Seoul 1988
Leander Paes (IND) Bronze - Men's Singles, Atlanta 1996
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (ESP) Silver - Women's Doubles,
Barcelona 1992
Silver - Women's Singles, Atlanta 1996
Bronze - Women's Singles, Barcelona 1992
Bronze - Women's Doubles, Atlanta 1996
Emilio Sanchez (ESP) Silver - Men's Doubles, Seoul 1988
Stephen Welch (USA) Silver - Men's Singles, Atlanta
Paralympics 1996
Todd Woodbridge (AUS) Gold - Men's Doubles, Atlanta 1996
Mark Woodforde (AUS) Gold - Men's Doubles, Atlanta 1996
Every Olympic and Paralympic Tennis Medallist since the sport re-gained full medal status in Seoul in 1988 will receive a pin in recognition of their achievements in Olympic Tennis.
Tennis was re-introduced as a
full Olympic sport in 1988 and as a full Paralympic sport in
