Roger Quemener (17 June 1941 – 18 July 2021) was a French racewalker, who was a legend of the
Ultramarathon
An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of . Various distances are raced competitively, from the shortest common ultramarathon of to over . 50k and 100k are bot ...
race
Paris-Colmar
Paris-Colmar is an annual racewalking competition covering about 445 kilometers for men, and 300 kilometers for women and for men who participate for the first time. The competition began in 1926 as race from Strasbourg to Paris. The contest f ...
winning seven times. He thus had the record number of wins, until Polish racewalker
Grzegorz Adam Urbanowski brought it to ten wins.
Career
Of
Breton
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*anything associated with Brittany, and generally
** Breton people
** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany
** Breton (horse), a breed
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descent, Quemener joined the Parisian police in 1963, and later became a member of the ''AS Police Paris''
sporting association
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Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
. He only started top-level sport at 28 years old. He contested mainly long-distance races, he was French champion in the 100 kilometers in 1971, 1972 and 1975.
In 1979 Quemener won the classic Paris-Strasbourg. Subsequently, he won the same race in 1983, known as
Paris-Colmar
Paris-Colmar is an annual racewalking competition covering about 445 kilometers for men, and 300 kilometers for women and for men who participate for the first time. The competition began in 1926 as race from Strasbourg to Paris. The contest f ...
since 1981, and five times consecutively from 1985 to 1989. He used to stop to get shaved before the arrival at Colmar to cross the finish line with a clean-shaven face. Later Quemener became deputy director of the competition.
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Awards
120px Golden medal of Youth and Sports - 1986
References
External links
Google PlusTout sur Roger quemener l'empereur de la marche (forum)
1941 births
2021 deaths
French ultramarathon runners
French police officers
French male racewalkers
French people of Breton descent
Male ultramarathon runners
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