Maurice Marie Joseph Vignerot (25 November 1879 in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

– 28 September 1953 in

Gap, Hautes-Alpes Gap (, ) is the prefecture of the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2019, the commune had a population of 40,631, making it the most populated city in Hautes-Alpes. At a height of 750 m ...

) was a French

croquet Croquet ( or ; french: croquet) is a sport that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops (often called "wickets" in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court. Its international governing body is the Wor ...

player and Olympic silver medallist. He was beaten to the gold medal by Chrétien Waydelich in ''Singles, two balls'' at the

1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), 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 1 ...

in Paris. All the contestants in the competition were French. He died at Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France in 1953.

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* French croquet players Olympic croquet players for France Croquet players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France 1879 births 1953 deaths Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Paris {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub