Violette Morris
French athlete (1893–1944) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Violette Morris (18 April 1893 – 26 April 1944) was a French athlete and Nazi collaborator who won two gold and one silver medal at the Women's World Games in 1921–1922. She was later banned from competing for violating "moral standards". She was invited to the 1936 Summer Olympics by Adolf Hitler and was an honored guest. During World War II, she collaborated with Nazis and the Vichy France regime. She became known as the "Hyena of the Gestapo" and was killed by the French Resistance.[3]
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Born | 18 April 1893 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 April 1944 (aged 51)[1] near Épaignes, Normandy, Nazi-occupied France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Shot put, javelin throw, auto racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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