René Dérency (May 27, 1925 – October 18, 1954) was a French

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player who competed in the

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. He was part of the French basketball team, which won the silver medal. He died in a car accident.

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René Dérency's profile at databaseOlympics.com
1925 births 1954 deaths French men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of France Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in basketball Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Road incident deaths in France {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub