Henri Alexis Tauzin (17 April 1879 in
Paris
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– 11 October 1918 in
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
) was a French
athlete
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Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...
who competed in the early twentieth century. He specialized in the
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
and won a
silver medal
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in
Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, twenty-three athletics events were contested. Altogether, 117 athletes from 15 nations competed. A total of 68 medals (23 gold, 23 silver, 22 bronze) were awarded. In many countries, due in part to the conflation of t ...
in Paris, his birthplace.
Tauzin also competed in the
200 metre hurdles, finishing fourth in his semifinal heat to not advance to the final.
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1879 births
1918 deaths
Athletes from Paris
French male hurdlers
Olympic athletes of France
Olympic silver medalists for France
Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
19th-century French people
20th-century French people
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