Count Jean Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont (13 January 1904 – 12 June 2002), known as Jean de Beaumont, was a French businessman, politician, journalist and

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who competed at the

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Biography

De Beaumont was born in

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into an aristocratic French family, the son of Count Marc Louis Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont. His grandfathers were

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and surgeon Baron

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. He studied at the

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and

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. De Beaumont was a versatile sportsman and sports official. In 1923, he reached the finals of the 110 metre hurdles at the

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. At the 1924 Olympics, he finished 11th with the French team in the team clay pigeons competition. He served as president of the

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from 1967 to 1971, member of the

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from 1951 to 1971, and vice president of the IOC Executive Committee from 1970 to 1974. De Beaumont started his business career as an assistant manager on rubber plantations in Indo-China. After returning to France he became president of several companies operating in the Far East and South Africa. Because of his business connections with Africa he was the first IOC Member to actively promote Olympic sports there. In France, de Beaumont served as a Member of Parliament in 1936–40, and fought as a pilot during

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Family

De Beaumont married Paule de Rivaud de La Raffinière in 1928, by whom he had three children: *

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, born in 1929; married vicomte Édouard de Ribes, later comte de Ribes. * Monique, born in 1930 * Marc, born in 1934.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beaumont, Jean De 1904 births 2002 deaths Sport shooters from Paris French male sport shooters Olympic shooters of France Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Trap and double trap shooters Presidents of the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur International Olympic Committee members