Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Armand Charles•Simon |
Used name | Armand•Simon |
Born | 1880 in ? (FRA) |
Died | 14 April 1957 in Paris, Paris (FRA) |
NOC | Switzerland |
Armand Simon played singles and doubles for Switzerland at the 1920 Olympics. Simon was Swiss singles champion in 1905, 1907, and 1911-13. His other tournament titles include winning at Bad Ragaz in 1905 and 1913, and winning the Geneva Covered Courts event in 1914.
Simon reached the semi-finals at St. Moritz in 1908, but his best result was likely a quarter-final appearance at the 1919 World Covered Court Championships. Simon also reached the quarter-finals at Bad Ragaz in 1907, in the 1913 Lausanne Autumn Meeting, and at the 1913 French-Swiss Championship, held in Montreux. He played Wimbledon in 1913, losing in the first round, and also played at the World Hard Court Championships in 1913-14, making round three in 1914.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1920 Summer Olympics | Tennis | SUI | Armand Simon | |||
Singles, Men (Olympic) | =9 | |||||
Doubles, Men (Olympic) | Hans Sÿz | =9 |