Mildred Didrickson Zaharias

Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias , born Mildred Ella Didriksen the June 26th 1911 with Port Arthur (Texas) and deceased the September 27th 1956 with Galveston (Texas), was a athlete and an American player of Golf.

Biography

Officially born in 1911 although she asserted 1914 like her year of birth, she is originating in a family of Norwegian immigrants. She is directed towards the sport by her father, carpenter of profession, which regards the physical exercise as an obligatory virtue with the good health.

As of its adolescence, it becomes famous for its performances athletic, which was appropriate an insurance company of Dallas to offer a post of secretary to him. The goal of this employment is to make sure, for this company, that this young athlete represents his colors within his team of basketball. During this career of basketteuse, it carries out the exploit to mark more than 100 points at the time of a meeting with Dallas Cyclones.

It also practiced other disciplines, the Tennis, the Gymnastique, the Ski, and even the Boxe and the American football.

Its name was changed Didriksen with Didrikson

In 1938, Mildred Didrickson marries the fighter George Zaharias.

Athletics

It decides to represent the colors of its company to the championships of athletics by teams. These championships are used as selection for the Olympic Games of 1932. Constituting the team with it only, it takes part in eight tests, gains six of them including three by establishing the world records. These three records are established in the disciplines of the 80 meters hedges, the javelin and the high jump.

Olympic Games of summer

  • Olympic Games of 1932

    • Gold medal of the Javelin
    • Gold medal of the 80 meters hedges
    • Medal of money of the High jump

world records

  • world records of the javelin in 1932
  • world records of the 80 meters hedges in 1932
  • world records of the high jump in 1932

Baseball

It was also tested with the discipline of the baseball. Its performances with the beater enabled him to take part in matches exhibitions. It took part even in a meeting of Ligue Major with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Its nickname of “Babe” was allotted to him in reference to the large American player Babe Ruth: it had carried out the exploit of 5 Home run at the time of one only meeting.

It thus disputes a professional tournament of PGA, the Los Angeles Open. It will be necessary to await Annika Sörenstam, Suzy Whaley, and Michelle Wie to see a woman again taking part in a male tournament.

Requalified amateur in 1942, it gained 5 victories as an amateur over the professional circuit, including 4 major tournaments. During the season 1946-1947, it gained 17 of the 18 tournaments amateurs auquels it took part.

Become again professional, it belongs to the founding members of LPGA, it is one of the players major of this circuit. It is thus the first of the history of the LPGA to reach ten victories. In 1950, it realizes what constitutes at the time the Grand Slam: Open U.S., Titleholders Championship and Women' S Open Western. That the place at the head of the classification of the profits for this same year.

In 1951, it will be introduced into the “Hall off Famed” of the golf. From August 1952 in September 1955, she officiates as a president of the LPGA.

LPGA (41)

  • 1940 (1) Women' S Open Western (as an amateur)

  • 1944 (1) Women' S Open Western (as an amateur)
  • 1945 (1) Women' S Open Western (as an amateur)
  • 1947 (2) Open Tampa, Titleholders Championship (as an amateur)
  • 1948 (3) All American Open, World Championship, Open U.S.
  • 1949 (2) World Championship, Open Eastern
  • 1950 (8) Titleholders Championship , Pebble Beach Weathervane, Cleveland Weathervane, Women' S Open Western , Open AlAmerican, World Championship, Open U.S. , 144-hole Weathervane
  • 1951 (9) Big shot Verde Beach Women' S Open, Tampa Women' S Open, Lakewood Weathervane, Richmond Women' S Open, Valley Open, Meridian Hills Weathervane, Open AlAmerican, World Championship, Texas Women' S Open
  • 1952 (5) Miami Weathervane, Titleholders Championship , Open Bakersfield (tied with Marlene Hagge, Betty Jameson and Betsy Rawls), Fresno Open, Women' S Open Texas
  • 1953 (2) Open Sarasota, Babe Zaharias Open
  • 1954 (5) Open Serbin, Sarasota Open, Damon Runyan Cancer Fund Tournament, Open U.S. , Open AlAmerican
  • 1955 (2) Open Tampa, Peach Blossom Classic

the tounois Majeurs of the LPGA are in fat.

Other victories

  • 1946 : US Open female amateur
  • 1947: Open British female amateur

Disease

In 1953, a Cancer of the colonist has to diagnose to him. It is made operate and returned to the competition in 1954. After only one month after its operation, it gains new major, 10th. It is its 3rd victory with Open U.S..

Its cancer remakes the day in 1955, and she dies on September 27th, 1956 with Galveston.

Posthumous career

In 1999, the Associated Press indicates it off Woman Athlete the 20th Century . The same year, stores it sporting American Sports Illustrated the chosit like female Athlète of the century .

Associated Press thus confirms the title of larger athlete of the first year half of the 20th century than it had allotted to him in 1949.

These rewards are supplemented by the titles of Athletes of the year 1931,1945,1946,1947,1950 and 1954, always atribués by Associated Press.

References

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