Armand Blanchonnet

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Armand Blanchonnet as French champion in 1931

Armand Blanchonnet (born December 23, 1903 in Grippey , † September 17, 1968 in Cernay-la-Ville ) was a French cyclist .

1924 was Armand Blanchonnet's most successful year, when he won the gold medal in road races at the Olympic Games in Paris with ten minutes ahead of second-placed Rik Hoevenaers from Belgium and also won the gold medal in the team competition. In the team classification, the times of the athletes in the individual time trial were added up, and due to the large lead of Blanchonnet and since all of his teammates were in the top ten, the French had 16 minutes ahead of the Belgian team in the final account. In the same year, Blanchonnet won third place at the world championships , also in Paris.

Until 1932, Blanchonnet only appeared sporadically in the results lists. In 1929 he achieved second place at the Critérium des As in France, and he also won the French Championship in 1931, leaving very good drivers like Francis Pélissier and André Leducq behind. In 1930 he and Onésime Boucheron won the Prix ​​Dupré-Lapize rail competition in Paris . The really big successes, however, no longer came.

In 1936 Blanchonnet ended his cycling career and established liability and accident insurance for cyclists.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The German cyclist , December 22, 1936, ZDB -ID 601854-3

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personal data
SURNAME Blanchonnet, Armand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Grippey , France
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1968
Place of death Cernay-la-Ville , Yvelines department , France