Paul Henri Vasseur (10 October 1884 – 12 October 1971) was a French freestyle swimmer and

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player. He competed in water polo at the

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

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and

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

and finished in third, fifth and ninth place, respectively. At the 1906 and 1920 Games he took part in the 4 × 200 m, 400 m and one mile swimming events, but failed to reach the finals. Vasseur is the youngest Olympic bronze medalist in water polo. On 12 August 1900, he won an Olympic bronze medal at the age of 15 years and 306 days.

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* 1884 births 1971 deaths Sportspeople from Lille French male freestyle swimmers Water polo players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1906 Intercalated Games Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics French male water polo players Olympic swimmers for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic water polo players for France Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics {{France-waterpolo-bio-stub

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