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Venus Williams
Venice Williams dominated professional tennis in 2000 and became the first African American woman to win Wimbledon since Althea Gibson on in 1958.
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The 6' 1" tennis phenom shattered records by winning singles titles at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Sydney Olympics, and winning doubles titles at Wimbledon and Sydney with her younger sister Serena. After her breakthrough 2000 campaign she was named "Sportswoman of the Year" by Sports Illustrated magazine.
In 2001 Venus Williams repeated as Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion and she won again at Wimbledon in 2005, 2007 and 2008.
Venus Ebony Starr Williams was born June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California to Richard Williams and Oracene Price.
She is the second youngest of Oracene's five daughters and the older sister of Serena Williams. The Williams family moved from Compton, California to West Palm Beach when Venus was ten so that she could attend the tennis academy of Rick Macci.
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