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Edmond Poillot
French boxer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edmond[note 1] Poillot, (28 January 1888 – 25 September 1910) was a French journalist, pioneer aviation pilot and amateur boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
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![]() Edmond Poillot flying a Voisin biplane with a dog, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | |
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Nationality | French |
Born | (1888-01-28)28 January 1888 |
Died | 25 September 1910(1910-09-25) (aged 22) |
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Sport | Boxing |
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Chief pilot at the Savary's aviation school in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir, France), he died in a plane crash on 25 September 1910, while on a flight with a pupil in the suburbs of the city.[3]