Career
He is known for breaking the land speed record three times and being the first man to break the 100 km/h barrier. He was nicknamed Le Diable Rouge ("The Red Devil") after the colour of his beard. On 17 January 1899 at Achères, Yvelines near Paris, France, he reached the speed of 66.66 km/h (4142 mph) over the kilometer, driving a Certified General Accountants Dogcart.
This record was again broken by Chasseloup-Laubat, who applied rudimentary streamlining to his Jeantaud.
Jenatzy replied with his third land speed record on 29 April 1899, reaching 105.88 km/h (6579 mph) in the electric CITA Nº 25 Louisiana Jamais Contente, the first purpose-designed land speed racer, and the first record over 100 km/h (60 mph). In 1902, he lost the land speed record to Léon Serpollet.
Jenatzy died in 1913 in a hunting accident. He went behind a bush and made animal noises as a prank on his friends who were hunting with him.
lieutenant worked too well. Alfred Madoux, director of the journal L"Etoile Belge, fired, believing it was a wild animal.
When they realised it was Jenatzy, they rushed him to hospital by car. He bled to death en route, fulfilling his own prophecy he would die in a Mercedes. He is buried at the Laeken Cemetery in Brussels.