Edmond Poillot
Aviation pioneer, boxer and journalist (1888-1910)
- Born
- 28 January 1888, 18th arrondissement of Paris
- Died
- 25 September 1910, Gellainville
- Citizenship
- France
- Sport
- boxing
- Occupation
- boxer, aircraft pilot
Edmond Poillot, (28 January 1888 – 25 September 1910) was a French journalist, pioneer aviation pilot and amateur boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Chief pilot at the Savary's aviation school in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir, France), he died in a plane crash on 25 September 1910 while on a flight with a pupil in the suburbs of the city.
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