Philousports

Philippe Vignolo, known as Philousports (3 October 1971 – 19 June 2021) was a French internet personality.[1][2][3] He was best known for his GIFs[4] and sports commentary on Twitter since April 2011, where he had over 260,000 followers.[5] He suffered from myopathy and had been using a wheelchair since the age of nine.[6]

Philousports
Born
Philippe Vignolo

3 October 1971
Marseille, France
Died19 June 2021(2021-06-19) (aged 49)
Pietracorbara, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationInfluencer

Biography

Vignolo was born in 1971 in Marseille and began living with a host family in Corsica in 2014.[7] In 2016, he started gaining popularity for his coverage of Ligue 1, in which several clubs enabled him to buy a wheelchair.[8][9] In 2018, his Twitter account was suspended due to a crackdown on Ligue 1 for the production of GIFs, which sparked outrage.[10][11]

In 2019, Vignolo published his autobiography, Moi, Philousports, with Hachette.[12]

Philippe Vignolo died of a heart attack in Pietracorbara on 19 June 2021.[13][14] Minister of France Roxana Mărăcineanu,[15] Kylian Mbappé, André-Pierre Gignac, Fabien Galthié, Allan Saint-Maximin and many others paid tribute to him.[16]

Publications
  • Philousports (2019). Moi, Philousports : [la biographie inédite de Philousports, le Zidane du Gif]. Mickaël. Grall. Vanves. ISBN 978-2-01-704695-0. OCLC 1134669940.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References
  1. "Philippe Vignolo de "Philousports" est mort, vague d'hommages sur Twitter". HuffPost (in French). 19 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. "Twitter suspend momentanément le compte de @philousports, "le roi du gif"". Europe 1 (in French). 29 January 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. Arbrun, Clément (22 January 2017). "Qui est Philousports, le roi du gif qui tacle le monde du sport ?". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. Henry, Michel (27 May 2016). "Philousports : ça roule !". Libération (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. "Philousports, personnalité sportive des réseaux sociaux, est mort". Le Monde (in French). 20 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. Vinstock, Benoit (18 April 2019). "Philousports, myopathe marseillais devenu star de Twitter". La Provence (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. Commolet, Clément (15 December 2020). "IMMERSION. Philousports, son quotidien, ses rituels : 24 heures avec la star de Twitter". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  8. Demey, Juliette (5 June 2016). "Philou, roi de Twitter dans un fauteuil". Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  9. "Elan du coeur pour offrir un fauteuil roulant à Philousports, roi des gifs sur Twitter". L'Expres (in French). 16 February 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  10. Guillou, Clément (29 January 2018). "En censurant Philousports et ses GIF, la LFP se tire une balle dans le pied". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  11. "Twitter se mobilise et obtient la réapparition du compte de "Philousports", suspendu pour "violation de droits télé"". France Info (in French). 29 January 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  12. Bérard, Christophe (11 March 2019). ""Moi Philousports" : celui qui fait rire Twitter depuis son fauteuil vous raconte sa vie". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  13. "Immense vague d'émotion après la disparition de "Philousports", figure du sport sur les réseaux sociaux". Le Figaro (in French). 19 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  14. "Philousports, star de Twitter, est mort". Le Point (in French). 19 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  15. Simon, Cyril (19 June 2021). "Mort de Philousports : de Mbappé à l'OM en passant par Maracineanu... le monde du sport sous le choc". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  16. "Philousports, figure du sport sur les réseaux sociaux, est mort". L'Équipe (in French). 19 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.


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