Georges Wambst
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| Full name | Georges Eugène Wambst | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Le Frelon | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 July 1902 Lunéville, France | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 August 1988 (aged 86) Antibes, France | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Georges Eugène Wambst (21 July 1902 – 1 August 1988) was a French cyclist.[1] He won the Gold Medal in Team road race along with Armand Blanchonnet and René Hamel in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4][5]
He died on 1 August 1988.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Georges Wambst". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Georges Wambst". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ^ "Georges Wambst". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ Bill Mallon; Jeroen Heijmans (9 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Cycling. Scarecrow Press. pp. 370–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7369-8.
- ^ John Nauright (6 April 2012). Sports around the World. ABC-CLIO. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-59884-301-9.
- ^ "Ciclismo - Georges Wambst" (in Spanish). LosDeportes.info. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Georges Wambst at Olympics.com
- Georges Wambst at Cycling Archives (archived)
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