Roger Lespagnard (born 24 October 1946 in Ougrée, Belgium) is a former Belgian

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...

. Lespagnard competed for his country at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

in Mexico City, Mexico, where he finished in seventeenth position in the decathlon event. He returned to both Munich and Montreal in the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

and

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Olympics, finishing fourteenth and nineteenth respectively. He coached Nafissatou Thiam in the heptathlon, among others in the

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

and

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

where she twice won the gold medal. He also led a political career, having been member of the Federal House of Representatives (1994-1999) and was the former mayor of Fleron, up until 2018.

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* 1946 births Living people People from Seraing Centre démocrate humaniste politicians Members of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Mayors of places in Belgium Belgian decathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Belgium Walloon sportspeople {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub