Marie Decugis Explained

Marie Decugis
Fullname:Cornélie Gilberte Marie Decugis
Birth Date:7 August 1884
Birth Place:Dieppe, France
Death Place:Grasse, France
Wimbledonresult:2R (1912)
Wimbledonmixedresult:1R (1920)

Marie Decugis (7 August 1884 – 4 May 1969; née Flameng; also Décugis) was a French tennis player.[1]

Life

Marie was born in 1884 the daughter of painter François Flameng (1856–1923) and his wife Marguerite Henriette Augusta (née Turquet; 1863–1919). She married the successful tennis player Max Decugis on 15 May 1905, at Paris. The couple had a daughter, Christiane Omer-Decugis (1909–1974).[2]

Decugis won the title in mixed doubles, along with her husband, at the 1906 Intercalated Games at Athens. She played at the Wimbledon Championships in 1912 and 1920, but lost her initial match on both occasions.

She died at an age of 84 at Grasse.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marie DECUGIS Olympics.com. 2021-05-14. Olympic Channel.
  2. Web site: Cornélie,Gilberte,Marie FLAMENG . geneanet.org . 11 October 2013.