About Felisa Piédrola
Lived 1916 – 2000 (aged 83). Felisa Piédrola was an Argentine tennis player.
Felisa Piédrola de Zappa (13 May 1916 – March 2000) was an Argentine tennis player.
Biography Felisa Piédrola was born on 13 May 1916 in Punta Alta, Argentina. Originally a fencer, she turned to tennis after a serious injury in which her opponent's foil pierced her right armpit in practice.
Piédrola won the Argentina International Open six times (in 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1950). In 1951, she participated in the first Pan American Games, winning a gold medal in the women's doubles with María Teran de Weiss and silver in the women's singles and mixed doubles (with Enrique Morea). She was the number-one ranked tennis player in Argentina for six years.
Piédrola died in March 2000 at the age of 83 and her remains were buried in the Punta Alta cemetery.
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Argentine tennis player
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Felisa Piédrola was born on 13 May 1916 in Punta Alta.
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Felisa Piédrola died on 16 March 2000 in Punta Alta.
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Felisa Piédrola was a tennis player.
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Felisa Piédrola was Argentine.
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