Émile Champion 1900. Émile Adolphe Eugène Champion (August 7, 1879 in

Laval, Mayenne Laval () is a town in western France, about west-southwest of Paris, and the capital of the Mayenne department. Its inhabitants are called ''Lavallois''. The commune of Laval proper, without the metropolitan area, is the 7th most populous in ...

– 1921) was a French

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete, born in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, who competed in the early 20th century. He was a long-distance runner but specialized in the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

and won a

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympics, twenty-three athletics events were contested. Altogether, 117 athletes from 15 nations competed. A total of 68 medals (23 gold, 23 silver, 22 bronze) were awarded. In many countries, due in part to the conflation of t ...

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* * 1879 births 1921 deaths Olympic athletes of France Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics French male long-distance runners French male marathon runners Olympic silver medalists for France Athletes from Paris Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) 19th-century French people 20th-century French people Date of death missing People from Laval, Mayenne Sportspeople from Mayenne Place of death missing {{France-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub