The 1900 Summer Olympics, today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 14 May to 28 October 1900. No opening or closing ceremonies were held. They were the first Summer Olympics ever held in a non-leap year until the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were delayed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, three croquet events were contested. Seven men and three women participated. The doubles competition was scheduled first, though it is unclear whether the French pair that won had any competition. The one-ball singles was played the next week, followed by two-ball singles the week after. France, which supplied all 10 competitors, therefore won all the medals.
Jacques Marie Stanislas Jean Brugnon, nicknamed "Toto", was a French tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was born in and died in Paris.
Conchita Martínez Bernat is a Spanish former professional tennis player and coach. She was the first Spaniard to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon, doing so in 1994. Martínez also was the runner-up at the 1998 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 2 in October 1995, and was in the year-end top 10 for nine years. Martínez won 33 singles and 13 doubles titles during her 18-year career, as well as three Olympic medals. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2020.
Anna Margrethe "Molla" Bjurstedt Mallory was a Norwegian-American tennis player. She won a record eight singles titles at the U.S. National Championships. She was the first woman to represent Norway at the Olympics.
Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss Wightman, CBE was an American tennis player and founder of the Wightman Cup, an annual team competition for British and American women. She dominated American women's tennis before World War I and won 45 U.S. titles during her life.
Marguerite Marie Broquedis was a French tennis player. In major tournaments she won the singles title at the 1912 World Hard Court Championships, and the mixed doubles at the 1927 French Championships.
Maxime Omer Mathieu Decugis or Décugis was a French tennis player. He won the French Championships eight times. He also won three Olympic medals at the 1900 Paris Olympics and the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, with a gold medal in the mixed doubles partnering Suzanne Lenglen.
Marion Hall Zinderstein also known by her married name Marion Jessup, and also known as Marion Jessup MacLure, was a tennis player from the United States. At the 1924 Paris Olympics, she won a silver medal in the mixed doubles event partnering Vincent Richards.
Paule Marie Yvonne Prévost Boppe was a French tennis player at the end of the 19th century. She won the French Women's Singles Championship in 1900.
Chrétien André Waydelich was a French croquet player and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in Singles, two balls at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris beating Maurice Vignerot. He was also the bronze medalist for Singles, one ball according to the IOC database.
Catherine Marie Blanche "Katie" Gillou was a French tennis player in the first decade of the 20th century.
Louis Marie Joseph Ohier de Grandpré was a French naval officer and slave trader. Between 1789 and 1790, Grandpré toured the Indian Ocean, beginning at Île de France (Mauritius), and included visits to India, the Seychelles, Vietnam, Yemen, and Sri Lanka.
Anne de Borman, née Christine Anne de Selliers de Moranville, was a Belgian female tennis player who represented Belgium at the Olympic Games. She competed in the singles event at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1920 she had a bye in the first round and was defeated by Kitty McKane in the second round while in 1924 she lost in the first round to Sigrid Fick. With compatriot Lucienne Tschaggeny she had a bye in the first round of the 1920 women's doubles event and lost in the quarterfinal to Winifred Beamish and Edith Holman. At the next Olympics in 1924 she teamed up with Marie Storms and lost in the second round to Phyllis Covell and Kitty McKane after a bye in the first. In the mixed she partnered Jean Washer in 1920 but lost in the second round after a bye in the first and in 1924 she won her first round match with Stéphane Halot and were defeated in the second.
Louise Anne Marie Després was a French croquet player. She competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics and came fifth in both her events; the one ball singles and the two ball singles.
Jeanne Marie Henriette Filleul-Brohy née Haëntjens, was a French croquet player. She competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in two events; finishing 5th in the two ball singles and not finishing in the one ball singles.
Marcel Marie Louis Haëntjens was a French croquet player. He competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in both the one ball singles and the two ball singles and did not finish in either.
Marie Maurice Jacques Alfred Sautereau was a French croquet player. He competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in two events. He won a bronze medal in the two ball singles. He also competed in the one ball singles where he did not finish.
Kate Jessica Kim Lee Foo Kune is a badminton player from Mauritius. She began playing badminton in Mauritius at age six. Her first major tournament participation was 2013 BWF World Championships in China, where she lost in the first round of women's singles to Sarah Walker of England. Foo Kune represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was the flag bearer for Mauritius during the Parade of Nations.
Nora Margaret Polley was the first woman to represent India at the Summer Olympics when she competed in the tennis events at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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