Maud Rosenbaum

Maud Rosenbaum

Rosenbaum at the 1922 Women's World Games
Personal information
Full name	Maud Levi Rosenbaum Blumenthal
Born	January 13, 1902 Chicago, United States
Died	May 3, 1981 (aged 79) New York City, United States
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics, tennis
Event	Shot put
Achievements and titles
Personal best	SP – 8.97 m (1922)
Medal record Representing Italy Women's World Games 1922 Paris Shot put

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 at the 1922 Women's World Games. 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. She divorced Baron Levi in 1934, and in 1935, she married H. Walter Blumenthal, a New York stockbroker.