Francis Schewetta (29 August 1919 – 8 October 2007) was a French

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete, who mainly competed in the men's 400 metres during his career. He was born in Bréhat, Côtes-d'Armor. He competed for France at the

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held in

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, where he won the silver medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay with his teammates

Jean Kerebel Jean-Baptiste Kerebel (2 April 1918, in Paris – 9 March 2010) was a French track and field athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He competed for France at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain Great Brita ...

Robert Chef d’Hotel The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

and

Jacques Lunis Jacques Lunis (27 May 1923 – 2 November 2008) was a French athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. He competed for a France in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the s ...

Competition record

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* 1919 births 2007 deaths French male sprinters Olympic silver medalists for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France French people of Breton descent Sportspeople from Côtes-d'Armor Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century French people 21st-century French people {{France-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub