Partner Yvonne de Bray. Violette Morris 18 April — 26 April was an outstanding and versatile French athlete who won two gold and one silver medal at the Women's World Games in — She was later banned from competing for violating "moral standards". She was killed in in a Resistance-led ambush. They divorced in May Morris was a gifted athlete, becoming the first French woman to excel at shot put and discus, and playing on two separate women's football teams.
Both teams were based in Paris. She also played on the French women's national team. In addition to her football career, she was an active participant in many other sports. She was selected for the French national water polo team even though there was no women's team at the time. She was an avid boxer, often fighting against, and defeating men. Among the other sports she participated in were road bicycle racing, motorcycle racing, car racing, airplane racing, horseback riding, tennis, archery, diving, swimming, [6] weightlifting, and Greco-Roman wrestling.
Her most brilliant athletic years were considered to be from to , when her slogan was "Ce qu'un homme fait, Violette peut le faire! In she participated at the Women's Olympiad again taking the gold medal in discus and shot put. She later won the Bol d'Or 24 hour car race at the wheel of a B. Morris's lifestyle in the s was quite different from the traditional role of women. In addition to her wide-ranging athletic activities, Morris deviated from traditional behaviours of the time in several other ways.
She was homosexual, she dressed in men's attire, was a heavy smoker [2] and swore often. The agency cited her lack of morals, in particular, Morris' penchant for wearing men's clothing.
She had also punched a football referee. After , her auto racing license was revoked on similar moral grounds and Morris started a car-parts store in Paris, and, along with her employees, building racing cars. The business went bankrupt. During the trial, an obscure ordinance from forbidding women to wear trousers was used against her.
