Charles Francis Thaon (3 September 1910 – 12 February 2000) was a French

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

. He competed in the 500 m, 1500 m and 5000 m events at the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...

and placed 26th–30th. After the Olympics he served as Secretary General of the French Federation of Ice Sports.

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* 1910 births 2000 deaths French male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for France Speed skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics {{France-speed-skating-bio-stub