Gabriel Maurice Mandrillon (23 August 1902 – 11 February 1981) was a French skier. He was the brother of
Camille Mandrillon.
Mandrillon was born in
Les Rousses
Les Rousses () is a commune in the Canton of Hauts de Bienne of Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, on the Swiss border.
The Lac des Rousses is located northeast of the village of Les Rousses beside the r ...
. In 1923, he was fourth in the international ranking of
ski jumping.
1907 - 2007 : 100 ans de saut à ski aux Rousses
He was a member of the national Olympic military patrol team in 1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...
which placed third. At the 1928 Winter Olympics
The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...
he finished 33rd at the 18 km cross-country skiing event. He died in Lons-le-Saunier
Lons-le-Saunier () is a Communes of France, commune and capital of the Jura (department), Jura Department, eastern France.
Geography
The town is in the heart of the Revermont region, at the foot of the first plateau of the Jura massif. The Jur ...
.
References
1902 births
1981 deaths
French military patrol (sport) runners
French male cross-country skiers
French male ski jumpers
Olympic biathletes for France
Olympic cross-country skiers for France
Military patrol competitors at the 1924 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for France
People from Les Rousses
Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Jura (department)
20th-century French people
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