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Basque Fact of the Week, People, Sports

Basque Fact of the Week: Txikita de Anoeta, Erraketistak

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Last week I wrote about the women Erraketistak, professional racket ball players that were pioneers in the world of women’s sport. One of the very best to ever play was Maria Antonia Uzkudun, also known as Txikita de Anoeta. She began playing professionally at the age of 13 and had a stellar career that took […]

Basque Fact of the Week, History, Sports

Basque Fact of the Week: The Erraketistak, or Professional Women’s Racket Players

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While women have played sport for as long as humans have existed, it is only recently that that they have had the opportunity to play professionally, to make sport a career. In the early 1900s, women, primarily from the Basque Country, pioneered a professional league of racket ball that at one time dominated the professional […]