Albert Louis Corey (16 April 1878 – 3 August 1926) was a French athlete who competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics held in

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. He won a silver medal in the marathon race and also won a silver medal as a member of the

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team in the four mile team race.

Biography

The Games report refers to Corey as a "Frenchman wearing the colors of the Chicago Athletic Association". Corey was a French immigrant to the United States, who lived in America and did not have the right papers. Previously the

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listed him as an American, due to insufficient or improper documentation at the time. Currently IOC attributes his medal in the marathon to France and the medal in the team race to a mixed team, not to the United States. In 2021, its identity is re-established by the Olympic Studies Centre, a division of the IOC. In May 2021, following a book about Albert Corey, the IOC officially recognizes the medal of the athlete to the male Marathon to the Olympic Games of 1904 as French. Competing for the

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on June 6, 1908, Corey finished ahead of Roy Kemper and teammate

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to win the 15-mile St. Louis Marathon.

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* 1878 births 1926 deaths American male long-distance runners American male marathon runners French male long-distance runners Olympic silver medalists for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of France Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics French expatriate sportspeople in the United States Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) {{France-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub