Adolphe Jauréguy (18 February 1898 – 4 September 1977) was a French

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who competed in the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

. He was born in

Ostabat-Asme Ostabat-Asme (; ), Hostavalem in the Middle Ages, is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departments of France, department, in south-western France. It was the meeting point of 4 European ways to Santiago de Compostela, ...

and died in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

. He played in nine

Five Nations Championship The Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international men's rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The current champions ar ...

s: in 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929. In 1924 he won the silver medal as member of the French team.

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1898 births 1977 deaths French rugby union players Olympic rugby union players for France Rugby union players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France France international rugby union players Stade Toulousain players French-Basque people Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Pyrénées-Atlantiques Rugby union players from Nouvelle-Aquitaine People from Lower Navarre {{France-rugbyunion-bio-stub