Desprès

Mme Desprès[1] was a French croquet player. She competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics and came fifth in both her events; the one ball singles and the two ball singles.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Desprès and not Després: she is André Desprès’ wife. André Desprès was the President of French Federation of Croquet. It’s Desprès with “è” and not “é” (cf. official report of 1900 Olympic Games or French rules of croquet of the U.S.F.S.A. (1913)).
  2. ↑ "Mme. Després Bio, Stats and results". sports-reference. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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