Georges Yvan "Géo" André (13 August 1889 – 4 May 1943)[3] was a French track and field athlete and rugby union player.
 Géo André in 1920 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Georges Yvan André | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 August 1889 Paris, France | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 May 1943 (aged 53) Mateur, Bizerte, French Tunisia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprint, hurdles, high jump, decathlon | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Stade français, Paris (−1908) Racing Club de France, Paris (1909–) | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 100 m – 11.0 (1914) 200 m – 22.6 (1919) 400 m – 49.0 (1914) 110 mH – 15.4 (1922) 400 mH – 54.8e (1920) HJ – 1.88 m (1908)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
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Biography
editAs an athlete, he competed in the 1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics in various events, including long jump, high jump, 400 m sprint, 110 and 400 m hurdles, pentathlon and decathlon. He won a silver medal in the high jump in 1908 and a bronze in the 4 × 400 m relay in 1920, finishing fourth in the 400 m hurdles in 1920 and 1924 and fifth in the standing high jump in 1908. At the 1924 Olympics, he took the Olympic Oath and served as the flag bearer for the French delegation.[1][4]
André won French titles in 110 m hurdles (1908, 1914, 1919, 1922), 400 m hurdles (1913–14, 1919–20, 1922), high jump (1907–1909, 1911, 1914, 1919), standing high jump (1909, 1911–12, 1914, 1919–20). He held national records in the 110 m hurdles (1908 – 15.8; 1922 – 15.4), 400 m hurdles (1913 – 57.0; 1920 – 57.0/56.0/55.6), high jump (1907 – 1.79; 1908 – 1.80/1.885), and 4 × 400 m relay (1922 – 3:24.0). André finished second behind Carl-Axel Christiernsson in the 440 yards hurdles event at the British 1921 AAA Championships.[5][6][7]
In 1913–1914 he played for the national rugby team.[1]
André was wounded while serving as a fighter pilot in World War I. After retiring from competitions, he worked as a sports journalist for several prominent French newspapers. During World War II he joined the infantry and was killed by German forces in 1943 in Tunis, aged 53.[8] His son Jacques (1919–1988) competed as a hurdler in the 1948 Olympics.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Géo André. sports-reference.com
- ^ Georges André. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ Geo Andre rugby profile. ESPN Scrum.com
- ^ "Géo André". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Athletics". Northern Whig. 2 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Where Britain leads". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
Further reading
edit- Wallechinsky, David; Loucky, Jaime (2008). The Complete Book of the Olympics (2008 ed.). London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 161, 182, 196–7.
External links
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- IOC 1924 Summer Olympics
- Géo André at ESPNscrum
- Géo André at Olympics.com
- Géo André at Olympedia
