Estefania Knuth (born 4 May 1973) is a Spanish

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and former member of the

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. She won the 1992 Espirito Santo Trophy and the 1995 Singapore Ladies Open.

Career

Knuth was born in

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and had a successful amateur career. She won the 1989

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in Florida and was runner-up at the European Ladies Amateur championship in 1990 and 1993. She won the

French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship The French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship (), known also as the Esmond Trophy since 1927, is an annual amateur golf tournament in France for women up to 21. The match play tournament has been held annually at Golf de Saint-Cloud ...

twice, and won the 1992 French Ladies Amateur ahead of compatriot

Laura Navarro Laura Navarro (born 13 December 1974) is a Spanish professional golfer and former member of the Ladies European Tour. She won the 1992 Espirito Santo Trophy. Career Navarro was born in Madrid and had a successful amateur career around Europe. S ...

. Knuth won the 1992 Espirito Santo Trophy in Vancouver, Canada together with Macarena Campomanes and

, and won gold at the

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in France both individually and in the team event together with Marina Arruti and Navarro. Knuth turned professional 1993 and joined the

. Her best finish was a tie for third at the 1998 Austrian Ladies Open, two strokes behind Lynnette Brooky of

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. In 1995, she won the Singapore Ladies Open on the

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Amateur wins

*1989

*1990

*1992

, French Ladies Amateur *1993

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(individual)

Professional wins (1)

Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1)

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

Singapore Ladies Open

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Spain): 1992 (winners) *

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(representing Spain):

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

Vagliano Trophy The Vagliano Trophy is a biennial women's amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". It is played in o ...

(representing the Continent of Europe): 1993 *

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

: (representing Spain):

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

(winners)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Knuth, Estefania Spanish female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Mediterranean Games medalists in golf Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Golfers from Barcelona 1973 births Living people 20th-century Spanish women 21st-century Spanish women