Albert Corey

French long-distance runner Albert CoreyCorey in 1905Personal informationFull nameAlbert Louis CoreyBorn16 April 1878Meursault, FranceDied3 August 1926(1926-08-03) (aged 48)Paris, FranceHeight169 cm (5 ft 7 in)SportSportRoad runningEventMarathon Medal record Olympic Games Representing United States 1904 St Louis Marathon 1904 St Louis 4 mile team race Albert Louis Corey (16 April 1878 – 3 August 1926) was a French athlete who competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He won a silver medal in the marathon race and also won a silver medal as a member of the Chicago Athletic Association team in the four-mile team race. In the early 2020s, Corey's story was researched by Meursault municipal councillor and amateur historian Clément Genty, who traced period newspaper reports and lobbied Olympic authorities regarding Corey's nationality. In 2023, a separate challenge to the marathon's final classification was raised following the discovery of period American newspaper reports; the International Society of Olympic Historians subsequently credited the individual silver medal to France rather than the United States on its Olympedia database. Genty ha