Léonhard Giotti "Léon" Quaglia (4 January 1896 – 5 March 1961) was a French

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player and

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Career

Quaglia played for the

France men's national ice hockey team The France men's national ice hockey team has participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the Olympic Games. As of 2016, it is ranked 14th in the world in the IIHF World Rankings. The team is overseen ...

at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...

in Antwerp, the

1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Originally held in association with the 1924 Summer ...

in Chamonix, and the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit ...

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. He won a silver medal at the 1923 European Championship and was also the tournament's top scorer, finishing with 10 goals. At the 1924 European Championship, he won a gold medal with France and scored the game-winning goal against Sweden in the final. At the club level, he won the French Championship with

Chamonix Hockey Club Chamonix Hockey Club was a French professional ice hockey team based in Chamonix that last played in the Ligue Magnus in 2015. The team is also known as ''Chamois de Chamonix'' (Chamonix Chamois). With 30 championship titles, Chamonix was the mo ...

in 1923 and 1930. In 1925 he won the Italian Championship with Hockey Club Milano. He was inducted into the French Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2010. Quaglia also competed as a speed skater at the Winter Olympics in 1924 and 1928, with the best result of sixth place all-around in 1924. The Trophée Léon Quaglia, a short-track speed skating event, is held annually in

Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (; ; (no longer in use)), more commonly known simply as Chamonix (), is a communes of France, commune in the departments of France, department in the regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It was the site of the f ...

in his honour.Léonhard Quaglia's profile at Sports Reference.com
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* 1896 births 1961 deaths People from Cluses Sportspeople from Haute-Savoie French male speed skaters Olympic ice hockey players for France Ice hockey players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1924 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1928 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for France Speed skaters at the 1924 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-speed-skating-bio-stub