Lorenzo Nodarse

Lorenzo Nodarse
Country (sports) Cuba
Born(1909-04-01)1 April 1909
Havana, Cuba
Died20 May 1994(1994-05-20) (aged 85)
Texas City, Texas, U.S.
Medal record
Central American and Caribbean Games
1935 San Salvador Mixed doubles
1938 Panama City Men's doubles
1950 Guatemala City Men's doubles

Lorenzo Nodarse (1 April 1909 – 20 May 1994) was a Cuban tennis player.[1]

Born in Havana, Nodarse featured in four Davis Cup ties for Cuba during the 1930s and was a three-time silver medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games.[2][3]

Nodarse, a trained lawyer, served as a Davis Cup referee and Cuban sports commissioner in his career post-tennis.[4] He left communist Cuba for the United States, settling in Texas City.[5]

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References

  1. ^ "Ex-Champ., Tennis Referee". Brisbane Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 15 July 1948. p. 11 (LAST RACE). Retrieved 13 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Player profile". www.itftennis.com.
  3. ^ "Cuban Netters". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 6 November 1939.
  4. ^ Guzzardi, Joe (March 30, 2014). "Playing ball in Cuba". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  5. ^ "Freedom fighter is home at last". Texas City Sun. 23 May 1994.