Joseph Dreher (15 May 1884 – 28 September 1941) was a French

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. He competed at the

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in London. In the

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, Dreher placed fifth and last in his initial semifinal heat and did not advance to the final.

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Joseph Dreher's profile at Sports Reference.com
1884 births 1941 deaths Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics French male long-distance runners Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) 19th-century French people 20th-century French sportspeople {{France-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub