Élie de Lastours
Count Élie Marie Gabriel Dor de Lastours (born August 12, 1874 in Orgeval , † November 18, 1932 in Castres ) was a French tennis player and fencer and later ambassador and politician .
biography
Count de Lastours went to the Gerson School in Paris and later studied in Toulouse . He initially strived for a military career, but ultimately decided on a diplomatic career and studied law.
He took part in the tennis competition of the Summer Olympics in Paris in 1900 . He did not compete in the individual. He took part in doubles with his partner Guy Lejeune . The two lost to another French pairing of Georges de la Chapelle and André Prévost in the first round . In the fencing competition he entered with the sword and was also eliminated early. In 1901 he reached the quarter-finals of the European Tennis Championships in tennis , in 1908 he lost in the second round of Wimbledon .
After his sporting career, he became the French ambassador in London . He later became a Member of Parliament in the Tarn department , where he took care of foreign and colonial affairs in Algeria .
Web links
Élie de Lastours in the Olympedia.org database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | de Lastours, Élie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dor de Lastours, Élie Marie Gabriel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orgeval (Yvelines) |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1932 |
| Place of death | Castres (Tarn) |