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Mabel Bramwell Parton (22 July 1881 – 12 August 1962) was a British tennis player who won a bronze medal at the
1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...
in Stockholm. Parton had won a place in the semi-final but lost to Edith Hannam, she then won the bronze medal final 6–3, 6–3 against Sigrid Fick of Sweden.


Family life

Parton was born on 22 July 1881 at Hampstead in London as Mabel Bramwell Squire the daughter of Peter and Mabel Squire. Parton married firstly solicitor Ernest George Parton in 1906 and then tennis player
Theodore Mavrogordato Theodore Michel Mavrogordato (31 July 1883 – 24 August 1941) was a tennis player from Great Britain who was active during the first decades of the 20th century. Career Mavrogordato represented Oxford University in the 1904 and 1905 Oxford v. ...
in 1924.


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1881 births 1962 deaths English female tennis players Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic tennis players of Great Britain Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in tennis People from Hampstead Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Tennis people from Greater London {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub