African Celebrities: Venus Williams

Friday, 13 September 2013

Venus Williams

Venus Williams is an American professional tennis player. She was born on June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California, to Richard Williams and Oracene Price.

Venus Williams turned professional on October 31, 1994, at the age of fourteen. She is a former world No. 1 and is ranked world No. 36 in singles as of July 29, 2013. She has been ranked World No. 1 in Singles by the Women's Tennis Association. on three separate occasions She became the world No. 1 for the first time on February 25, 2002.

Venus has won four Olympic gold medals, one in Singles and three in Women's doubles. She and her sister Serena have won more Olympic gold medals than any other female tennis player.

She received her associate degree in Fashion Design from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale on December 13, 2007. Beginning the fall 2011 semester, she began pursuing a bachelors degree in the school of Business through an online degree program at Indiana University East in Richmond, Indiana.