Ignace Heinrich (31 July 1925 – 9 January 2003) was a French athlete who competed mainly in the decathlon. He was born in
Ebersheim, Bas-Rhin
Ebersheim () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France.
The commu ...
,
Alsace
Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...
.
He competed for France in the decathlon at the
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
held in
London
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,
Great Britain
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, winning a silver medal. He died in
Carnoux-en-Provence
Carnoux-en-Provence (; oc, Carnós de Provença), commonly referred to simply as Carnoux, is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It was created in 1966 from the commune of ...
.
Further reading
*
:de:Volker Kluge: ''Olympische Sommerspiele. Die Chronik.'' Band 2: ''London 1948 – Tokio 1964.'' Sportverlag, Berlin 1998, .
* Peter Matthews (Hrsg.): ''Athletics 2003.'' SportsBooks, Cheltenham 2003, .
* Ekkehard zur Megede: ''The Modern Olympic Century 1896–1996 Track and Field Athletics.'' Deutsche Gesellschaft für Leichtathletik-Dokumentation e. V., Neuss 1999.
References
1925 births
2003 deaths
Sportspeople from Bas-Rhin
French decathletes
Olympic silver medalists for France
Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of France
European Athletics Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
20th-century French people
21st-century French people
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