Alexandre Maspoli (29 September 1875 – 25 September 1943) was a French sculptor and weightlifter. He came joint third in the two-hand lift event at the

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in Athens, and was amateur weightlifting champion 19 years in a row. After the First World War, Maspoli designed war memorials, as well as sculptures to commemorate ,

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, and .

Career

Sports career

Maspoli was born in Lyon, France. He was an amateur weightlifting champion 19 years in a row. Maspoli won the combined events at the unofficial 1902 Weightlifting World Championships, setting a new world record in the process. In 1905, Maspoli won the French National Championships. In the throwing event, he threw . At the

in Athens, Maspoli came joint third in the two hand lift event. Maspoli,

Heinrich Schneidereit Heinrich Schneidereit (23 December 1884 – 30 September 1915) was a German heavyweight weightlifter who competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games. He won a gold medal in the tug of war and bronze medals in the one hand lift and two hand lift. S ...

and Heinrich Rondl all lifted . He also participated in the one hand lift event, where he finished fourth, and the

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event, where he finished 18th. In the same year, he featured in , as an example of "perfect masculine physicality". In 1907, Maspoli retained his French National Championship title.

Sculpture

After the First World War, Maspoli was commissioned to build war memorials in

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and Arcachon. The Arcachon memorial promoted pacifism and the loss of families in the war. He submitted two works, ''Jet du boulet'' and ''Mask of Philippides'', for the mixed sculpture event at the

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in Paris. He was not awarded a medal. In 1928, Maspoli created a bust memorial to historian . In 1933, Maspoli was commissioned to create a monument to sportsman and journalist

in the

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. The sculpture was finished the following year. For this monument, he became the first winner of the award in 1934. The award was created by the ''Syndicat National des Journalistes sportifs'' (National Union of Sports Journalists) for the best "sporting act" of the year. In 1938, he built a statue to politician in Lyon.

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