About Mita Klima
Lived 1893 – 1945 (aged 51–52). Mita Klima was an Austrian tennis player.
Mita Klima (married name Mita Kribben; 1892/93 – April/May 1945) was an Austrian tennis player.
In 1907, Klima took part in the Wimbledon Championships at age 14, along with her elder sister Willy. She was the youngest participant in the women's competition at Wimbledon until Jennifer Capriati in 1990. She lost her first round match against Madeline O'Neill.
On 11 August 1915, Klima married tennis player and factory owner Curt Kribben. At this double wedding, Curt's sister Erna Kribben married tennis player Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe.
At the beginning of the 1930s, Klima took a job as a sports director at a golf club at Berlin-Wannsee, the Golf- und Landclub Berlin-Wannsee. She died during the last days of World War II when the clubhouse was destroyed by artillery grenades from the Red Army.
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Who was Mita Klima?
Austrian tennis player (1893-1945)
When was Mita Klima born?
Mita Klima was born in 1893.
When did Mita Klima die?
Mita Klima died in 1945 in Wannsee.
What was Mita Klima's occupation?
Mita Klima was a tennis player.
What nationality was Mita Klima?
Mita Klima was Austrian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Mita Klima. https://biography.guide/mita-klima/
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