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| Birth name | Alexandre Virot | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1890 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 July 1957 (aged 66–67) Ax-les-Thermes, Ariège, France | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Sports journalist | ||||||||||||||
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Alexandre Virot (1890 – 14 July 1957) was a French sports journalist, who was active from the 1920s until his death in 1957. He won a silver medal in painting at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Virot died in a motorcycle accident whilst covering the 1957 Tour de France, making him the only journalist to have been killed whilst covering the Tour.
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