Émile Léon Fisseux (born 15 February 1868 in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, date of death unknown) was a French competitor in the sport of

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

. Fisseux competed in one event in

Archery at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympics, seven of the archery events that took place in Paris, France, are considered to be "Olympic" by Olympic historians, with 153 archers competing in them. The identities of 17 of those archers are known, though a numb ...

, taking third place in the 50 metre Au Cordon Doré competition. His score of 28 points was one point behind the second-place archer, Hubert Van Innis, and three points behind the winner,

Henri Hérouin Henri Louis Hérouin, Sr. (born 19 February 1876 in Congis-sur-Thérouanne, date of death unknown) was a French competitor in the sport of archery. Hérouin won the first prize, and is now considered by the International Olympic Committee to ...

. While Fisseux received no medal at the time, he is currently considered to be a

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

list by the

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

.- Prizes at the time were silver medals for first place and bronze medals for second, as well as usually including cash awards. The current gold, silver, bronze medal system was initiated at the

1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 29 August to 3 September 1904, as part of an extended s ...

. The International Olympic Committee has retroactively assigned medals in the current system to top three placers at early Olympics. Fisseux also competed in

Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics At the 1908 Summer Olympics, three archery events were contested. Great Britain sent 41 archers (25 female and 16 male), France sent 15 men, and the United States sent one man. Medal summary Participating nations 57 archers from 3 natio ...

, taking 13th place in the Continental style event with 185 points.

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References

International Olympic Committee
medal winners database * * * *

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* 1868 births Year of death missing Archers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Archers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for France French male archers Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Place of death missing Sportspeople from Paris {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub