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Jean Borotra (1898–1994) was a French tennis player and military officer. Born in Arbonne, Biarritz, he was educated at Lycée Saint-Louis and the École polytechnique. A right-handed player, he represented France in the Davis Cup and competed in the men's doubles at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was also a member of the group known as The Four Musketeers.
Borotra served as a military officer and held the position of Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports. During World War II, he was detained at Itter Castle, Sachsenhausen concentration camp, and Buchenwald concentration camp. He received several honors, including the Knight of the Legion of Honour, the Croix de guerre 1914–1918, the Croix de guerre 1939–1945, and the Order of the Francisque. He died in Arbonne in 1994.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- L' éducation générale et les sports
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1865-12-08
- Active to
- 1957-09-20
Discography
- Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major / Pohjola's Daughter1938
- Sibelius: Finlandia / The Swan of Tuonela / Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp minor / Prelude in G major / Prelude in G minor1950
- Symphony no. 7 in C, op. 105 / Karelia Suite, op. 111953
- Symphony no. 4 in A minor / Tapiola1954
- Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34 / Sibelius: Finlandia, op. 261956
- Finlandia: Music of Grieg and Sibelius1959
- Symphony no. 21959
- Liszt: Les Préludes / Smetana: The Moldau / Moussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain / Sibelius: Valse triste1961
- Symphony no. 1 in E minor1962
- Finlandia: Music of Sibelius1963
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Full name
- Jean Laurent Robert Borotra
- Country sports
- France
- Born
- ( 1898-08-13 ) 13 August 1898, Biarritz , France
- Died
- 17 July 1994 (1994-07-17) (aged 95), Arbonne , France
- Height
- 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Turned pro
- 1920 (amateur tour)
- Plays
- Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- Int tennis hof
- 1976 ( member page )
- Career record
- 654–127 (83.7%)
- Highest ranking
- No. 2 (1926 , A. Wallis Myers )
- Australian open
- W ( 1928 )
- French open
- W ( 1931 )
- Wimbledon
- W ( 1924 , 1926 )
- Us open
- F ( 1926 )
- Whcc
- SF ( 1922 )
- Wccc
- F ( 1922 )
- Olympic games
- SF – 4th ( 1924 )
- Davis cup
- W ( 1927 , 1928 , 1929 , 1930 , 1931 , 1932 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Team
- _Retired Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- France
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- The Four Musketeers
- Given name
- Jean
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Biarritz
- Place of death
- Arbonne
- Occupation
- military officer
- Position held
- Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
- Educated at
- École polytechnique
- Political party
- French Social Party
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – men's doubles
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- France Davis Cup team
- Country for sport
- France
- Mass
- 76
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 102-10990, Jean Borotra.jpg
- Height
- 186
Show 12 more facts
- Commons category
- Jean Borotra
- date of death
- 1994-07-17
- date of birth
- 1898-08-13
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- name in native language
- Jean Borotra
- place of detention
- Buchenwald concentration camp
- singles record
- 103–22
- doubles record
- 0–1
- end of work period
- 1956-00-00
- handedness
- right-handedness
- birth name
- Jean Laurent Robert Borotra
- nickname
- Le Basque Bondissant (The Bounding Basque)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Jean Laurent Robert Borotra ( French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʁɔbɛʁ bɔ.ʁotʁa], Basque pronunciation: [borotɾa]; 13 August 1898 – 17 July 1994) was a French tennis champion. He was one of the "Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Borotra was imprisoned in Itter Castle during the latter years of World War II and subsequently fought in the Battle for Castle Itter.
Career
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