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General First namePierre Henri
LastnameCanivet
GenderMale
CountryFrance
Date of birth1890-05-22
Place of birthParis, France
Date of death1982-01-25
Place of deathGarches, Hauts-de-Seine, France


About

Pierre Canivet was the son of Léon Canivet (1849-96) and Laure Julie Antoinette Canivet (née Dupuy; 1869-19??). On 13 December 1919, in Paris, Pierre Canivet married fellow lawn tennis player Carmen Élide Alberte Marie Duran y Rivas (1896-1972) who, although a native of Paris, had Hispanic ancestors. The marriage remained childless.
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From: http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/100753

Pierre Canivet won a curling bronze medal at the 1924 Olympic Winter Games, alongside Georges André, Henri Cournollet, and Armand Isaac-Bénédic. He trained for the 1924 Winter Olympics at Font-Romeu in the weeks preceding the Games. He was later known as a top golfer, and he became director of golf at Fourqueux in 1931 and then in 1937 at Saint-Cloud.

Canivet also helped start, and then edited, the magazine Tennis et Golf. Canivet was also a decent tennis player, playing in the French Championships at Roland Garros in 1925 and 1926, and at the 1923 World Hardcourt Championships, although he went out in early rounds each time.

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Archive statistics Career1919 - 1926
Tournament wins3
Matches42
Match wins23


Tournament wins 1925 - Aix-Les-Bains (Amateur)
1923 - Criterium de France Indoor (Amateur)
1919 - Étretat (Amateur)


Tournaments Roland Garros - 1926 Irish Championships - 1926 Roland Garros - 1925 Aix-Les-Bains - 1925 Stade Francais Cup - 1925 Dinard - 1924 Critérium de France - 1924 Criterium de France Indoor - 1924 Lille - 1923 World Hardcourt Championships - 1923 Pourville - 1923 Vittel - 1923 Critérium de France - 1923 Criterium de France Indoor - 1923 Vichy - 1923 Paris International Championships - 1922 Dieppe - 1922 Fontainebleau - 1922 Paris International Championships - 1921 Deauville - 1920 French International Covered Court Championships - 1919 Étretat - 1919