Théodore Vienne

Historical figure of the sport of billiards Théodore Vienne
Vienne ca.1913
Born	July 28, 1864 ( Roubaix )
Deceased	March 1, 1921
nationality	France
Known for	Founding of UIFAB

Théodore Vienne (born July 28, 1864 in Roubaix , France , † March 1, 1921 in the 15th arrondissement of Paris , France) was a French sports official , industrialist, sports organizer, patron and sports journalist .

Life

The Vienne family had Belgian ancestors. He was born in Roubaix, a textile stronghold. His father was Emmanuel Ignace Vienne (1824–1873) and his mother Elisa Marie Joseph Leser (1825–1878). Due to the poor physical condition of the textile workers, the local mayor, Henri Carette, ran a campaign to encourage more sporting activities, including cycling. This is how Vienne discovered his passion for sports (billiards, cycling, boxing). Having become rich as a textile entrepreneur, he and his partner Maurice Perez built the Velodrome Roubaix in 1895 , and in 1896 he founded the Paris-Roubaix cycling race .

In 1903 Vienne and Frantz Reichel founded the first European billiards association, the Fédération des Sociétés Françaises des Amateurs de Billard (FSFAB). However, both left the association after three days after disputes and three months later founded the Fédération Française de Billard (FFB). At the FFB he organized the first Cadre 45/2 World Championships . After the two associations were merged in 1913 to form the Fédération Française des Amateurs de Billard (FFAB), he became General Secretary, and after another renaming, he remained in the new Fédération Internationale des Amateurs de Billard (FIAB) only as "Honorary President".

As director and owner of the Paris Ferris Wheel , he founded the “Wunderland”, a boxing arena, in Paris in 1907 together with Robert Coquelle and Victor Breyer. He organized the first boxing matches in France and was chairman of the commission for the organization of matches of the French boxing federation Fédération Française de Boxe in 1912.

Vienne died at the age of 56 in 1921 in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. He is buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

Web links

Commons : Théodore Vienne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Association Généalogique des Familles Vienne. Théodore Vienne. (No longer available online.) Asso-familles-vienne.org, February 1, 2008, archived from the original on March 14, 2009 ; accessed on September 7, 2019 (French).  
2. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 1 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. XIX – XX .
3. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 1 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 149-151 .
4. ^ Théodore Vienne in the Find a Grave database . Accessed September 7, 2019.