Léon Binoche (16 August 1878 – 28 August 1962) was a French

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player who competed in the

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. He was a member of the French rugby union team, which won the gold medal. His great-niece is the actress

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Family

Léon Binoche is the son of the merchant Adolphe Binoche (1827-1911), president of the Chamber of Commerce of

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, director of Chargeurs Réunis and of the maritime insurance company La Mélusine, and of Ursula Rosa de Araujo Mattos, of Brazilian nationality. He is the father of the resistance fighter and politician Antoinette Binoche (1910-2001) and of the resistance fighter and Companion of the Liberation, General François Binoche (1911-1997), the grandfather of the academic and historian Jacques Binoche (born in 1938), and the great-uncle of the actress

(born in 1964).

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profileBiography of Léon Binoche
1878 births 1962 deaths Sportspeople from Yonne Rugby union players from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté French rugby union players Rugby union players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby union players for France Olympic gold medalists for France Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics {{France-rugbyunion-bio-1870s-stub