Armand Blanchonnet
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Armand Blanchonnet (23 December 1903 – 17 September 1968) was a French cyclist and Olympic Champion.[1] He won the gold medal at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, in the Individual Time Trial.[2] He also won the gold medal in the Team Road Race with the French winning team.[3]
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Nickname | Le phénomène / King-Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 23 December 1903 (1903-12-23) Gipcy, Allier, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 September 1968 (1968-09-18) (aged 64) Cernay-la-Ville, Yvelines, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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