André Perchicot (August 9, 1888 – May 3, 1950) was a French cyclist who won the

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at the 1912 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's Sprint in Newark, New Jersey and the 1912

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Biography

He was born on August 9, 1888. In 1912 in Newark, New Jersey the

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was won by

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of Austria, won the

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. He served in World War I as a pilot and his plane was shot down in 1916. At the end of the war he began a singing career. He travelled the world, touring in Europe, Africa and Middle-East until the late 1930s. He died on May 3, 1950.

References

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