# Alex Virot

> Alexandre Virot 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.

*French journalist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1890-02-10
- **Died:** 1957-07-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.4 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 4.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Alex Virot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Virot)
- [آلکس ویرو](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88)
- [Alex Virot](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Virot)
- [Alex Virot](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Virot)
- [亚历克斯·维罗](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%9A%E5%8E%86%E5%85%8B%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E7%BB%B4%E7%BD%97)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2833047)

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