Esmée Simirioti (Greek: Εσμέ Σημηριώτου; 1884 – 10 October 1982) was a Greek tennis player, who won the women's singles event at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. Her name is sometimes translated as Esme Simiriotis.[1]
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Born | 1884 (1884) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 October 1982(1982-10-10) (aged 97–98) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simirioti competed for Greece in the tennis events at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. Simirioti won the Women's singles event, beating fellow Greek Sofia Marinou in the final.[2][3] She was the seventh youngest gold medallist at the games, at the age of 22 years and 116 days.[2] Simirioti also competed in the mixed doubles event with Nikolaos Zarifis [el], losing in the semi-finals.[2][3]
Simirioti later won the Panhellenic Tennis Championship [el] singles event in 1910 and 1914, and came second in 1924. She also won the mixed doubles event in 1914, and the women's double event in 1924.[4]
Simirioti's mother descended from the family of Georgios Zariphis. Her brother Georgios Simiriotis also competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games in tennis.[1] She died on 10 October 1982.[5]