Antoinette Gillou
Antoinette Marie Jeanne Gillou-Gentien (19 January 1883 – 16 February 1949) also known as Gilou was a French tennis player.
At the 1900 Summer Olympics she competed in the mixed doubles event with Pierre Verdé-Delisle. They lost to Hedwiga Rosenbaumová and Archibald Warden, and were eliminated before the semi-finals. Gillou also entered for the singles event at the 1908 Summer Olympics but did not start. [1]
Her sister was tennis player Katie Gillou who won multiple French singles titles. Her brother Pierre Gillou was also a tennis player.
Gillou married to Paul Gentien in May 1904. Their son, Antoine Gentien also became a tennis player between 1921 and 1951.
Gillou died in Paris on 16 February 1949, aged 66.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Olympedia – Antoinette Gilou". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2024-02-22.