Émile-Georges Drigny
 Drigny at the 1947 European Aquatics Championships in Monaco | |
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| Born | 3 July 1883 Melun, France |
| Died | 9 July 1957 (aged 74)[1] |
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| Sport | Water polo |
| Club | SCUF, Paris |
Émile-Georges Drigny (3 July 1883 – 9 July 1957) was a French sports official and water polo player, who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[2] He started his career as a sports administrator around 1911, when he became head of the swimming section of the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques. He was responsible for the swimming events at the 1924 Summer Olympics, where he also worked as a journalist for L'Intransigeant.[3] In 1926 he co-founded the Ligue Européenne de Natation and was its president in 1938–1948.[4] He was also a member of the International Olympic Committee and president of FINA in 1928–1932 and of the Fédération Française de Natation in 1942–1949.[3] In 1984, he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "L'Amicale des Internationaux Français de Natation" (in French). French Swimming Federation. 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Émile-Georges Drigny". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b Gilles Navarro and Sophie Kamoun (2003) 100 ans de natation française, Paris, Atlantica, p. 20. ISBN 2-84394-573-9.
- ^ Thierry Terret (2008) Les Paris des Jeux olympiques de 1924, Atlantica, Biarritz, pp. 415, 900.
- ^ "Emile Georges Drigny (FRA)". International Swimming Hall of Fame. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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