Venus Williams

<html> <head> <title>Venus Williams</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/229/000023160/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Venus Williams<img src="venuswilliams03.jpg" height=259 width=192 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Venus Williams">AKA Venus Ebone Starr WilliamsBorn: <a href="/lists/686/000106368/" class=proflink>17-Jun</a>-<a href="/lists/979/000105664/" class=proflink>1980</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/587/000069380/" class=proflink>Lynwood, CA</a> Gender: Female Religion: <a href="/lists/281/000069074/" class=proflink>Jehovah's Witness</a> Race or Ethnicity: Black Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: TennisNationality: United States Executive summary: Winner of 17 Grand Slam titlesVenus Williams is a professional tennis player, famous for her dominating game, and easily recognized by her height (6'1") splashy outfits, and cornrowed hair. She was named 2000 Sportswoman of the Year by Sports Illustrated. Her sister <a href="/people/205/000023136/">Serena Williams</a> is also a top-ranked player. Venus started playing tennis at age 4, and was coached mostly by her father, who taught himself tennis from how-to-play books. The family was poor, and Venus's childhood was spent in the high-crime areas of Compton, California. Her father used to take all five of his daughters to the run-down public tennis courts, but Venus and Serena showed the most aptitude. Venus says she also learned much from watching matches on TV -- copying the footwork, and noticing that the best players found their opponents' weakness, and then kept hitting the ball into their weak zones over and over. Eventually both girls came to dominate the junior circuit, before Venus turned pro at 14. As a professional, she has won several big tournaments. She has a multiyear, multimillion contract with Reebok, making her "without question, the biggest woman endorser ever". Venus also has a deal with Wilson Leather, to create and market her own line of athletic products. Venus runs an interior design company in her spare time, and said years ago that she didn't intend to play tennis competitively past age 26.Father: Richard Williams Mother: Oracene Price ("Brandy") Sister: <a href="/people/205/000023136/">Serena Williams</a> (tennis player, b. 26-Sep-1981) Sister: Yetunde Price (half-sister, d. 14-Sep-2003 murder) Sister: Lyndrea Price (half-sister) Sister: Isha Price (half-sister) Boyfriend: Hank Kuehne (PGA golfer)     High School: (home schooled)     University: AA Fashion Design, Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale (2007)     <a href="/sports/223/000206602/">Winner, Australian Open (mixed doubles)</a> 1998     <a href="/sports/227/000206606/">Winner, French Open (mixed doubles)</a> 1998     <a href="/sports/226/000206605/">Winner, French Open (women's doubles)</a> 1999     <a href="/sports/230/000206609/">Winner, US Open (women's doubles)</a> 1999     <a href="/sports/228/000206607/">Winner, US Open (women's singles)</a> 2000     <a href="/sports/232/000206611/">Winner, Wimbledon (women's singles)</a> 2000     <a href="/sports/234/000206613/">Winner, Wimbledon (women's doubles)</a> 2000     <a href="/sports/222/000206601/">Winner, Australian Open (women's doubles)</a> 2001     <a href="/sports/228/000206607/">Winner, US Open (women's singles)</a> 2001     <a href="/sports/232/000206611/">Winner, Wimbledon (women's singles)</a> 2001     <a href="/sports/234/000206613/">Winner, Wimbledon (women's doubles)</a> 2002     <a href="/sports/222/000206601/">Winner, Australian Open (women's doubles)</a> 2003     <a href="/sports/232/000206611/">Winner, Wimbledon (women's singles)</a> 2005     <a href="/sports/232/000206611/">Winner, Wimbledon (women's singles)</a> 2007     <a href="/sports/232/000206611/">Winner, Wimbledon (women's singles)</a> 2008     <a href="/sports/234/000206613/">Winner, Wimbledon (women's doubles)</a> 2008     <a href="/sports/234/000206613/">Winner, Wimbledon (women's doubles)</a> 2009     <a href="/honors/487/000032391/">Olympic Gold Medal</a> 2000 (singles tennis)     <a href="/honors/487/000032391/">Olympic Gold Medal</a> 2000 (doubles tennis)     <a href="/honors/487/000032391/">Olympic Gold Medal</a> 2008 (doubles tennis)     Endorsement of <a href="/company/028/000051872/">American Express</a>     Endorsement of <a href="/company/027/000051871/">Avon</a>     Endorsement of <a href="/company/779/000059602/">Reebok</a>     Endorsement of <a href="/company/786/000122420/">Kraft Foods</a> Double Stuf Oreo (2010) Official Website: <a href="http://www.venuswilliams.com/" target=_blank>http://www.venuswilliams.com/</a> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;">New! <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=23160"><img src="/woman.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=23160">Venus Williams</a></td> </tr> </table> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript. 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