Pauline Whittier

Pauline Whittier
Personal information
NicknamePolly
Born(1876-12-09)December 9, 1876
DiedJune 10, 1955(1955-06-10) (aged 78)
Sporting nationality Switzerland
Career
StatusAmateur
Medal record
Women's golf
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1900 ParisIndividual

Pauline "Polly" Whittier (December 9, 1876 – March 3, 1946) was an American golfer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics on behalf of Switzerland.[1]

Career

Whittier was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She won the silver medal in the women's competition.[2] She was a daughter of Col. Charles A. Whittier, and in 1904 she married Ernest Iselin, son of Adrian Iselin Jr.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Paris 1900 Golf Individual women Results". olympics.com.
  2. ↑ "Pauline Whittier". Olympedia. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mrs. Ernest Iselin; Helped Charities; Founder of Generosity Thrift Shop Dies at 69--Was Kin of Massachusetts Whittiers". The New York Times. March 4, 1946.
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