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Esmée Simirioti

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Esmée Simirioti
Native nameΕσμέ Σημηριώτου
Country (sports) Greece
Born1884 (1884)
Died10 October 1982(1982-10-10) (aged 97–98)
Medal record
Tennis
1906 Intercalated Games
Representing  Greece
Gold medal – first place Tennis Women's singles
Panhellenic Tennis Championship [el]
Gold medal – first place 1910 Athens Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1912 Athens Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1914 Athens Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 1924 Athens Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 1924 Athens Women's singles
Last updated on: 27 October 2018.

Esmée Simirioti (Greek: Εσμέ Σημηριώτου; 1884 – 10 October 1982) was a Greek tennis player, who won the women's singles event at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. Her name is sometimes translated as Esme Simiriotis.[1]

Career

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Simirioti competed for Greece in the tennis events at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. Simirioti won the Women's singles event, beating fellow Greek Sofia Marinou in the final.[2][3] She was the seventh youngest gold medallist at the games, at the age of 22 years and 116 days.[2] Simirioti also competed in the mixed doubles event with Nikolaos Zarifis [el], losing in the semi-finals.[2][3]

Simirioti later won the Panhellenic Tennis Championship [el] singles event in 1910 and 1914, and came second in 1924. She also won the mixed doubles event in 1914, and the women's double event in 1924.[4]

Personal life

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Simirioti's mother descended from the family of Georgios Zariphis. Her brother Georgios Simiriotis also competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games in tennis.[1] She died on 10 October 1982.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Esme Simiriotis". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Mallon, Bill (February 2009). The 1906 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. McFarland & Company. pp. 30, 138–139. ISBN 9781476609515. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b Posey, Carl (November 2015). III Olympiad: St. Louis 1904, Athens 1906. Vol. 4. Warwick Press. ISBN 9781987944037. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. ^ Skiadas, Eleftherios. 100 χρόνια Όμιλος Αντισφαίρισης Αθηνών 1895–1995 [100 Years of the Athletic Club Athens 1895–1995]. Μικρός Ρωμηός Ε.Π.Ε. (Small Romeos). ISBN 960-85466-2-1.
  5. ^ "The News". 15 October 1982. p. 17.
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