Émile Grumiaux (11 June 1861 in
Boussu
Boussu (; pcd, Boussu-dlé-Mont) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
As of January 1, 2006, Boussu had a population of 20,058. The total area is 20.01 km², which gives a population density of 1,002 in ...
– 18 May 1932 in
Liévin
Liévin (; pcd, Lévin; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The inhabitants are called ''Liévinois''.
Overview
The town of Liévin is an old mining area of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this town is of modest size but ...
) 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 ...
. Grumiaux competed in one event, winning the Sur la Perche à la Pyramide competition. He is now considered by the
International Olympic Committee
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to have won a
gold medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture.
Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
. No scores are known from that competition.
See also
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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 ...
Notes
# - 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.
References
Sources
International Olympic Committeemedal winners database
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External links
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1861 births
1932 deaths
Archers at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Olympic archers for France
French male archers
Olympic gold medalists for France
Olympic medalists in archery
Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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