How tall is René Lacoste?

René Lacoste's listed height was 175 cm (5'9"). He was taller than about 87% of men in France.

Where 175 cm sits among men in France

Taller than about 87% of men in France born in 1904 (average 167.2 cm).

About René Lacoste

René Lacoste was a French tennis player and businessman, born on 2 July 1904 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. He was nicknamed the Crocodile because of how he dealt with his opponents, and he died on 12 October 1996.

Lacoste was one of the Four Musketeers with Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon and Henri Cochet, French players who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He won seven Grand Slam singles titles at the French, American and British championships and won the Davis Cup with France in 1927 and 1928. He was ranked World No. 1 in some rankings for 1926, 1927 and 1929, and won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Lacoste stood a listed 175 cm (5'9"). He introduced the Lacoste tennis shirt in 1929 and founded the brand and its logo in 1933.

Frequently asked

How tall is René Lacoste in feet and inches? René Lacoste was 5'9" tall, which is 175 cm, 68.9 inches or 1.75 m.

Is René Lacoste tall for men in France? At 175 cm he was taller than about 87% of men in France born in 1904, whose average height is 167.2 cm.

Sources

• René Lacoste on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• René Lacoste on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 175 cm.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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