Margaret Abbott

Olympic medal record
Women's golf
Competitor for the  United States
Gold	1900 Paris	Individual

Margaret Ives Abbott (June 15, 1876 – June 10, 1955) was the first American woman to take first place in an Olympic event; she won the women's golf tournament, consisting of nine holes, with a score of 47 at the 1900 Paris games. These games were apparently so poorly organized that many competitors, including Abbott, did not realize that the events they entered were part of the Olympics. Historical research did not establish that the game was on the Olympic program until after her death, so she herself never knew it.^[1] Abbott had travelled to Paris to study art under Edgar Degas and Auguste Rodin. Her mother, Mary Perkins Ives Abbot (a novelist and Chicago Tribune book reviewer) also competed in the event, finishing tied for seventh, making it the first (and still only) Olympic event in which a mother and daughter competed at the same time.^[2]

Born in Calcutta, India in 1876, in 1902, Abbott married writer Finley Peter Dunne.

References

1. ^ Ralph Hickok (2004). "Abbott, Margaret I., Golf". HickokSports. http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/abbottma.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-12. 
2. ^ Lester, John (July 9, 1996). "Recognizing First U.S. Women's Champion is a Step in the Right Direction". http://www.womengolfersmuseum.com/Famousgolfers/AbbottMargaret.htm. 

External links

• Margaret Abbott's profile at databaseOlympics
• Margaret Abbott's profile at Sports Reference.com

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Name	Abbott, Margaret
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Date of birth	June 15, 1876
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Date of death	June 10, 1955
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