Jaroslav Drobný
Tennis Tournament Champion
1921 – 2001
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Who was Jaroslav Drobný?
Jaroslav Drobný was a former World No. 1 amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team. He left Czechoslovakia in 1949 and travelled as an Egyptian citizen before becoming a citizen of Great Britain in 1959, where he died in 2001. In 1954, he became the first and, to date, only player with African citizenship to win the Wimbledon Championships.
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- Born
- Oct 12, 1921
Prague - Also known as
- Jaroslav Drobny
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Egypt
- Czech Republic
- Profession
- Lived in
- Prague
- Died
- Sep 13, 2001
London
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on July 23, 2013
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