Pierre THIOLON

Pierre Thiolon started to play basketball with Stade français in 1945 and from 1949-55 played with Racing Club de France. With Racing Club, Thiolon won French titles in 1951, 1953 and 1954. Thiolon was capped 35 times with the French national team between 1947 and 1951 and won silver at the 1948 Olympics and bronze at the 1951 European Championships. He also competed at the 1947 European Championships where the French team finished in fifth place.

After his retirement from sports, Thiolon owned a small fence manufacturing company and coached Racing Club de France junior basketball team. His younger brother Bernard was also an international level basketball player and in 1951 Thiolon married Ginette Merle who was capped 18 times with the French national women’s team in late 1940s and early 1950s.