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France At The 1920 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 304 competitors, 296 men and 8 women, took part in 113 events in 23 sports. Medalists Gold * Julien Louis Brule — Archery at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Archery, Men's Individual moving bird 50m * Joseph Guillemot — Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Athletics, Men's 5000m * Paul Fritsch — Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Boxing, Featherweight * Fernand Canteloube, Georges Detreille, Achille Souchard and Marcel Gobillot — Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Cycling, Men's Time Trial * Armand Massard — Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Fencing, Men's Individual Epee * Suzanne Lenglen and Max Decugis — Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Tennis, Mixed doubles * Suzanne Lenglen — Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Tennis, Women's singles * Henri Gance — Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Weightlifting, Middleweight * Ernest Cadine — Weightlifting at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French National Olympic And Sports Committee
The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (french: Comité national olympique et sportif français, CNOSF) is the National Olympic Committee of France. It is responsible for France's participation in the Olympic Games, as well as for all of France's overseas departments and territories except French Polynesia. History The French Olympic Committee was established in 1894 in Paris. In 1972, by the merging with the National Sports Committee, has changed its name to the ''French National Olympic and Sports Committee''. List of presidents This is following list of presidents: Presidents of French Olympic Committee Presidents of National Sports Committee Presidents of French National Olympic and Sports Committee Member federations The French National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 33 Olympic Summer and three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Trial
In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at a predetermined interval to set the fastest time on a course. Variation in sports Cycling In cycling, for example, a time trial (TT) can be a single track cycling event, or an individual or team time trial on the road, and either or both of the latter may form components of multi-day stage races. In contrast to other types of races, athletes race alone since they are sent out in intervals (interval starts), as opposed to a mass start. Time trialist will often seek to maintain marginal aerodynamic gains as the races are often won or lost by a couple of seconds. Skiing In cross-country skiing and biathlon competitions, skiers are sent out in 30 to 60 second intervals. Rowing In rowing, time trial races, where the boats ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Grisot .
Eugène G. Grisot (19 December 1866 – 2 May 1936) was a French archer. He won a gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Grisot entered the men's double York round event in 1908, taking 19th place with 410 points. In the Continental style event, he had considerably more success, scoring 263 points over 40 arrows to take 1st place in the event. Twelve years later he was able to win three more medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, References Sources * *External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Fauvel
Pascal Fauvel (8 April 1882 – 22 October 1942) was a French archer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van .... In 1920 he won three Olympic medals, two silver and one bronze in team competitions. References External linksPascal Fauvel's profile at databaseOlympics 1882 births 1942 deaths [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léonce Gaston Quentin
Léonce is a French masculine given name. People with the name Léonce include: *Léonce (actor) (1823–1900), French actor and singer *Léonce Bekemans (born 1950), Belgian economist and scholar *Léonce-Henri Burel (1892–1977), French cinematographer *Léonce Corne (1894–1977), French film actor *Léonce Lagarde (1860–1936), was a French colonial governor of French Somaliland and ambassador *Léonce Perret (1880–1935), French film actor, director and producer *Léonce Rosenberg (1879–1947), French art historian, art collector and publisher *Léonce Verny François Léonce Verny, (2 December 1837 – 2 May 1908) was a French officer and naval engineerSims, Richard. (1998) ''French Policy Towards the Bakufu and Meiji Japan 1854-95: A Case of Misjudgement and Missed Opportunities,'' p. 246./ref> ... (1837–1908), French officer and naval engineer {{given name French masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Louis Brulé
Julien may refer to: People * Julien (given name) * Julien (surname) Music * ''Julien'' (opera), a 1913 poème lyrique by Gustave Charpentier * ''Julien'' (album), by Dalida, 1973 * "Julien" (song), by Carly Rae Jepsen, 2019 Places United States * Julien's Auctions, an auction house in Los Angeles, California * Julien's Restorator (ca.1793-1823), a restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts * Julien Hall (Boston), a building built in 1825 in Boston, Massachusetts * Brasserie Julien, an American restaurant in New York City Elsewhere * Julien Day School, a co-educational primary, secondary and senior secondary school in Kolkata, West Bengal, India * Julien Inc., a Canadian stainless steel fabrication company * Camp Julien, the main base for the Canadian contingent of the International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, Afghanistan * Fort Julien, a fort in Egypt originally built by the Ottoman Empire and occupied by the French * Pont Julien, a Roman stone arch bridge over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Cadine
Ernest Cadine (12 July 1893 – 20 May 1978) was a French weightlifter who won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.Ernest Cadine Sports Reference.com As a teenager Cadine trained in gymnastics, wrestling, weightlifting and swimming. He finished third in the national middleweight weightlifting championships before World War I. During the war he served with an artillery regiment. In 1920 he won the light-heavyweight gold medals at the national championships and Olympic games and did not compete internationally afterwards. In 1920–1925 he set six world records: three in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weightlifting At The 1920 Summer Olympics
Olympic weightlifting, Weightlifting returned to the Olympic program at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, with competition in five weight classes, for men only. The sport had previously been contested at the Olympic Games in 1904. Medal summary Participating nations A total of 53 weightlifters from 14 nations competed at the Antwerp Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal table References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weightlifting At The 1920 Summer Olympics Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics, 1920 Summer Olympics events Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics, 1920 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Gance , representing France.Henri GanceHenri Gance (17 March 1888 – 29 November 1953) was a French weightlifter who won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, . Sports Reference.com Gance took up weightlifting in 1908 and was a French champion in 1920. References External links * 1888 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The 1920 Summer Olympics
Final results for the Tennis competition at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. The competition was held from Monday, 16 August 1920 to Tuesday, 24 August 1920. Medal summary Events Medal table Participating nations A total of 75 tennis players (52 men and 23 women) from 14 nations (men from 14 nations - women from 8 nations) competed at the Antwerp Games: * (men:1 women:0) * (men:8 women:8) * (men:6 women:1) * (men:1 women:2) * (men:7 women:3) * (men:4 women:4) * (men:1 women:0) * (men:3 women:1) * (men:2 women:0) * (men:2 women:1) * (men:5 women:0) * (men:4 women:0) * (men:5 women:3) * (men:3 women:0) References External links International Olympic Committee medal database ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide {{Tennis at the Summer Olympics 1920 1920 Summer Olympics events Olympics 1920 Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Decugis
Maxime Omer Mathieu Decugis or Décugis (; 24 September 1882 – 6 September 1978) was a tennis player from France who held the French Championships record of winning the tournament eight times (a French club members only tournament before 1925), a feat that was surpassed by Rafael Nadal in 2014. He also won three Olympic medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics (Paris) and the 1920 Summer Olympics (Antwerp), his only gold medal coming in the mixed doubles partnering French legend Suzanne Lenglen. Life Decugis' father was a merchant at Les Halles, the company's name was ''Omer Décugis et fils'', however the accent mark on the é is missing from Max Decugis' birth certificate, and appears inconsistently in later English-speaking sources such as the Ayres' Almanacks edited by Arthur Wallis Myers, but apparently never in any French-speaking sources. The origin of the family name Décugis, spelled with accented é in an 1842 source, is "from Cuges-les-Pins." In 1905 he married Marie F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (; 24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French tennis player. She was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926, winning eight Grand Slam titles in singles and twenty-one in total. She was also a four-time World Hard Court Champion in singles, and ten times in total. Lenglen won six Wimbledon singles titles, including five in a row from 1919 to 1923, and was the champion in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at the first two open French Championships in 1925 and 1926. In doubles, she was undefeated with her usual partner Elizabeth Ryan, highlighted by another six titles at Wimbledon. Lenglen was the first leading amateur to turn professional, and was ranked as the greatest women's tennis player from the amateur era in the '' 100 Greatest of All Time'' series. Coached by her father Charles throughout her career, Lenglen began playing tennis at age 11, becoming the youngest major champion in history with her 1914 World Hard Court Championship ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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