Maud Rosenbaum (January 13, 1902 – May 3, 1981) was an Italian-American track-and-field athlete and tennis player who won a bronze medal in the

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

at the

1922 Women's World Games The 1922 Women's World Games (French Jeux Olympiques Féminins, also "Women's Olympic Games") were the first regular international Women's World Games and the first Track and field competitions for women. The tournament was held on a single ...

. She was a naturalized Italian. Her name in her first marriage was Levi, and her name in her second marriage was Blumenthal

Biography

She was the daughter of a wealthy shoe manufacturer Emmanual Rosenbaum. In 1927, she married Baron Giacomo Giorgio Levi in Paris and later moved to Rome; the couple had a daughter. In Italy, Baroness Levi became a prominent tennis player, and in 1930, she returned to the United States to compete in tennis. By 1933. she won four tennis titles, including the New York State Tennis Championship. In 1934, she was ranked the seventh female player by the

U.S. Lawn Tennis Association The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for tennis in the United States. A not-for-profit organization with more than 700,000 members, it invests 100% of its proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tenni ...

. She divorced Baron Levi in 1934, and in 1935, she married H. Walter Blumenthal, a New York stockbroker.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosenbaum, Maud 1902 births 1981 deaths American female shot putters American female tennis players Italian female tennis players Jewish American tennis players Naturalised citizens of Italy Naturalised tennis players Women's World Games medalists 20th-century American Jews American emigrants to Italy Jewish American track and field athletes Jews from Illinois Tennis players from Chicago Track and field athletes from Chicago 20th-century American sportswomen 20th-century Italian sportswomen