Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Virginie Heriot

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 25, 2023

1. Virginie Heriot Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Ici vecut
Virginie Heriot
1890-1932
Membre du Yacht Club de France
Championne Olympique de Voile

(English translation:)

Here lived Virginie Heriot (1890-1932), Member of the Yacht Club de France and Olympic Sailing champion.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Sports • Women.

Location. 48° 51.277′ N, 2° 19.298′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin. Marker is on Rue de Varenne, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 54 Rue de Varenne, Paris, Île-de-France 75007, France. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Pierre Janet (1859-1947) (here, next to this marker); Edith Wharton (a few steps from this marker); Elsa Triolet and Louise Aragon (within shouting distance of this marker); Hôtel de Gallifet (within shouting distance of this marker); Hôtel de Matignon (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Robert and Etienne Pelletier

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(about 180 meters away); Romain Gary (about 210 meters away); Pierre-Simon Laplace (about 210 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Virginie Hériot (Wikipedia).

Excerpts: Virginie Claire Désirée Marie Hériot (26 July 1890 – 28 August 1932) was a French yachtswoman who won in the 1928 Summer Olympics in the 8 Metre Aile VI.

…In 1928, she won the gold medal at the Amsterdam Olympic Games aboard Aile VI, as well as the "Cup of Italy" against Holland, Italy, England, the United States, Sweden, Norway and Argentina. In 1929, she lifted the "Coupe of France" from the English and won "His Majesty Alfonso XIII of Spain Copa del Rey". In 1931, she won the Ryde-Le Havre-Ryde race with a lead of 9 minutes and 40 seconds on the three-masted schooner Sonia.

Following these victories, Hériot was awarded the Knighthood of the Légion d'honneur. Alfonso XIII of Spain made visits with his family on her schooner Ailée II and awarded her the Spanish Naval Merit in 1930. The poet Rabindranath Tagore called her "Madame de la Mer".

Hériot promoted French yachting and French shipyard engineering throughout the world. According to Georges Leygues, she had become
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 25, 2023

2. Virginie Heriot Marker - wide view
The marker for Virginie Heriot is visible here just to the right of the door.
a true "ambassadress of the French Navy". She was also devoted to philanthropic works, supported clubs such as the Yacht Club de France which was chaired by Jean-Baptiste Charcot at the time, and offered Brest one-designs to the pupils of the École Navale. She published poems, as well as a "Harbour atlas" with her own drawings.

(Submitted on August 3, 2023.)

Virginie Heriot Marker - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 25, 2023

3. Virginie Heriot Marker - wider view

Virginie Heriot image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse - Bibliothèque nationale de France (via Wikimedia Commons), 1931

4. Virginie Heriot

Credits. This page was last revised on August 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 3, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 62 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 3, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.