Billie Jean King
American tennis player
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| September 2024 | Received a Congressional Gold Medal for her courageous leadership in advancing equal rights for women in athletics, education, and society. |
| 2023 | Competed in season ten of The Masked Singer as 'Royal Hen', being the first of Group B to be eliminated. |
| June 29 2023 | The Mark Walter Group and BJK Enterprises purchased the intellectual property and key elements of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), creating a single professional women's hockey league in North America. |
| 2022 | Awarded the French Legion of Honour. |
| June 2022 | Awarded the French Legion of Honour by President Emmanuel Macron on the 50th anniversary of her French Open victory. |
| May 2022 | Entered a partnership with the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) to create a new professional women's ice hockey league in North America. |
| March 2021 | Announced as an advisor to First Women's Bank in Chicago. |
| 2020 | Appeared on The Bold Type television show. |
| October 2020 | Became part of the ownership group of Angel City FC, a Los Angeles-based team set to start play in the National Women's Soccer League in 2022. |
| September 2020 | The Fed Cup was renamed the Billie Jean King Cup in her honor, recognizing her significant impact on women's tennis. |
| 2018 | Attended the 75th Golden Globe Awards as a guest of Emma Stone. |
| December 16 2018 | Received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Sue Barker, becoming only the second American and first American woman to win this award. |
| October 18 2018 | Married Ilana Kloss in a secret ceremony performed by former New York City Mayor David Dinkins. |
| September 2018 | Became a minority owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team and the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks basketball team with partner Ilana Kloss. |
| 2017 | Emma Stone portrayed King in the biographical film 'Battle of the Sexes'. |
| June 16 2017 | Delivered the Northwestern University commencement address in Evanston, Illinois. |
| 2016 | Appeared on Fresh Off The Boat television show. |
| February 7 2014 | Her mother, Betty Moffitt, passed away on the day of the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. |
| December 2013 | Appointed by US President Barack Obama to represent the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, as a signal on gay rights, but was forced to drop out due to her mother's ill health. |
| 2010 | Received the Fed Cup Award of Excellence. |
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