- Charles Rigoulot
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Olympic medal record Men's weightlifting Competitor for France Gold 1924 Paris -82.5 kg Charles Rigoulot (November 3, 1903 - August 22, 1962) was a French weightlifter, professional wrestler, race car driver, and actor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Le Vésinet and died in Paris.
Rigoulot became French champion in 1923 and won a gold medal in the light-heavyweight class in 1924. During World War II he was imprisoned after hitting a Nazi officer.[1]
References
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics, Toronto: Sport Classic Books. ISBN 1-894963-34-2
External links
- Profile with pictures (French)
- Profile
- Olympic profile
Olympic Champions in Weightlifting Light heavyweight 1920–1992: 75–82.5 kg, 1996: 76–83 kg, 2000–2008: 77–85 kg 1920: Ernest Cadine • 1924: Charles Rigoulot • 1928: El Sayed Nosseir • 1932+1936: Louis Hostin • 1948: Stanley Stanczyk • 1952: Trofim Lomakin • 1956: Tommy Kono • 1960: Ireneusz Paliński • 1964: Rudolf Plyukfelder • 1968: Boris Selitsky • 1972: Leif Jenssen • 1976: Valery Shary • 1980: Yurik Vardanyan • 1984: Petre Becheru • 1988: Israil Arsamakov • 1992+1996+2000: Pyrros Dimas • 2004: Giorgi Asanidze • 2008: Lu YongThis biographical article relating to weightlifting in Europe is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.