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Geneviève Laloz

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Geneviève Laloz
Laloz in 1920
Personal information
Birth nameGeneviève Maria Laloz
Born(1898-10-15)15 October 1898
Charleville-Mézières, France
Died2 June 1986(1986-06-02) (aged 87)
Clamart, France
Sport
CountryFrance
SportTrack and field athletics, football
Event(s)hurdles, sprint
ClubEn Avant, Paris (1920)
Olympique, Paris (1922)
La Clodoaldienne, Saint-Cloud (1924)
Golf Club Paris (from 1925)[1]
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  France
Women's World Games
Silver medal – second place 1926 Gothenburg 4×110 y relay
Bronze medal – third place 1922 Paris 100 y hurdles
Women's Olympiad
Silver medal – second place 1922 Monte Carlo 4×175 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1922 Monte Carlo pentathlon

Geneviève Maria Laloz with marriage name Jacques (15 October 1898 - 2 June 1986) was a French football player and track and field athlete during the 1920s, the early era of women's athletics. She was specialized in the hurdles and sprint events. She represented France at international comptitions and won medals at the 1922 Women's Olympiad and at the Women's World Games in 1922 and 1926.

Laloz was world record holder in the 83 m hurdles, 110 m hurdles and 4 x 75 metres relay and 10 x 100 metres relay.[2]

Biography

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Personal life

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Laloz was was the daughter of Auguste Joseph Laloz, fitter [fr], and Virginie Laure Vallée.[3] Geneviève Laloz had four sister. who also competed in athletics. Most known was Thérèse Laloz [fr], but also her sisters Marguerite, Christiane and Paulette competed in athletics.[4] Laloz married to René Louis Gustave Jacques in Boulogne-Billancourt in 1928.[3]

Athletics

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At the 1922 Women's World Games she won the bronze medal in the 100 yards hurdles event behind American Camille Sabie and British Hilda Hatt.[5] In 1926, she competed at the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg and won the silver medal in the 4 × 110 yards relay together with Louise Bellon, Yolande Plancke and Marguerite Radideau.[6]

Football

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As a football player, Laloz played with En Avant and became national champion with her club. She was also a member of the France women's national football team.[7]

References

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  1. "Genevieve Laloz". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  2. Progression of outdoor world records (Women) Archived 2023-01-03 at the Wayback Machine, Sport-Record.de
  3. 3.0 3.1 Archives des Ardennes, commune de Charleville, birth certificate number 369, 1898, p. 416/471)
  4. "Sports féminins - le challenge Thérèse Laloz". La Patrie (in French). 1 July 1927 – via retronews.fr.
  5. FSFI Women's World Games, GBR Athletics
  6. Jeux Mondiaux Féminins Archived 2018-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Commission documentation et histoire, cdm.athle.com, p. 8
  7. "L'équipe féminine de football". Le Miroir des sports (in French). 1921-05-05. p. 277,286. Retrieved 2022-08-08 – via Gallica.