Leif Rovsing

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Country

Denmark

Birth - Death

1887 - 1977

Occupation

Sports

Notable Achievements

National Champion

Description

Danish tennis champion and author. In the period 1905-1917 he won five Danish national tennis championships. Banned by the Danish Football Federation (from which the tennis players used their facilities for tennis), he sued for discrimination but lost. Competed in the 1912 Olympic Games. World Cup Silver in 1929 in tennis doubles. Built his own tennis club at his home. Campaigned to win acceptance of homosexuality in sport, writing books and pamphlets and giving talks and lectures in Denmark and abroad.

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