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| Full name | Jacques Marie Lucien Raoul Simonpaoli | |||||||||||
| Born | (1887-11-24)24 November 1887 Courtalain, France | |||||||||||
| Died | 23 March 1960(1960-03-23) (aged 72) Paris, France | |||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 125 kg (276 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics, wrestling | |||||||||||
| Event(s) | Shot put,discus throw | |||||||||||
| Club | Métropolitain Club Colombes; Stade français, Paris; Olympique de Paris, Paris | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personalbest(s) | SP – 14.69 m (1926) DT – 39.90 (1917)[1][2] | |||||||||||
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Jacques Marie Lucien Raoul Simonpaoli (24 November 1887 – 23 March 1960) was a French athlete, boxer, wrestler, rower and actor.[3] Aged 12, he served as acoxswain in the Frenchcoxed pair and won a bronze medal at the1900 Summer Olympics.[4] He competed in theshot put at the1912,1920,1924 and1928 Summer Olympics with the best result of ninth place in 1924. In 1912 he also took part in theGreco-Roman wrestling contest and served as theOlympic flag bearer for France, and in 1928 he finished 29th in thediscus throw.[1]
Paoli was a French champion in boxing and rugby, withStade Français. He played three international rugby games for theFrench national rugby union team in 1911–12 and scored one try.[1] In the 1920s he was romantically involved with the fellow athleteViolette Morris.[5] In 1933 he co-founded theFrench Federation of Professional Wrestling.[6]
Paoli won the BritishAAA Championships title in the shot put event at the1920 AAA Championships[7][8] and finished second behindBertil Jansson in the same event at the1921 AAA Championships.[9][10][11]
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