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
Silver medal – second place1935 San SalvadorMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place1938 Panama CityMen's doubles
Silver medal – second place1950 Guatemala CityMen's doubles

Dr. 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.
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