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Venus Williams was born in Lynwood, California.
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She started to play tennis at the age of four.
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She won her first competition when she was ten years old, her father was her coach!
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Her mother taught her at home. She became a professional tennis player in 1994, and soon began winning matches.
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She has over fifty singles and doubles tennis titles, including Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. She even won a gold medal in both the singles and doubles (whit her sister) in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
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The two sisters also acted in a movie about their lives and wrote two books together.
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Along with her sister, Serena, she starred in a reality show called "Venus and Serena."
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She started a design company, V Starr Interiors, and she desings homes and businesses in the USA.
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She launched her own fashion clothes line, EleVen. She wants to continue her desingn and fashion businesses after she retires from tennis.
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She and her sister Serena won the doubles at Wimbledon. Today, Venus still plays tennis and still wins!
