Peugeot signs on as official sponsor for Novak Djokovic
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.[5] The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion trademark. The company produced its first automobile in 1891.[citation needed] Due to family discord, Armand Peugeot in 1896 founded the Société des Automobiles Peugeot. The Peugeot company and family is originally from Sochaux, France. Peugeot retains a large manufacturing plant and Peugeot Museum there. It also sponsors the Sochaux football club, founded in 1928 by a member of the Peugeot family. The name is pronounced [pø??o] in French, and is frequently pronounced /?p?????/ (pur-zhoh) in British English. It is pronounced (pew-shjo) in Irish English and New Zealand English.
About Property:
Novak Djokovic (born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked World No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) since 4 July 2011. He has won five Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008, 2011 and 2012 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open. By winning three Majors in 2011, Djokovic became the sixth male player in the open era to win three Majors in a calendar year.