André Perchicot
André Perchicot (born August 9, 1888 in Bayonne ; † May 3, 1950 ibid) was a French cyclist and singer.
In 1905 the young high school student Perchicot competed in his first race on the Boucau track. He won and won an amateur license from the French Federation as a prize. In 1906 he won the amateur class seventeen times. The following year he got a license as a professional driver. In 1908 he was able to book 34 first prizes and in 1909 37 victories. In 1912 André Perchicot became the French sprint champion . In both 1912 and 1913 , he took third place in this discipline at rail world championships, and in 1913 he became European champion. He also started in six six- day races ; In 1912 he finished second in Toronto with Jimmy Moran and third in Paris in 1914 with Oscar Egg .
Perchicot was a trained engineer and active as a fighter pilot during World War I ; He was shot down in 1916, but survived despite numerous breaks. During his convalescence in the hospital, he began performing as a singer in front of the other soldiers and at charity events of the Red Cross . After the war he used his popularity as a cyclist to make a career as a singer. He released records, went on tours and also starred in films. He fell ill with a virus in the early 1930s and died of the consequences in 1950.
literature
- Roger de Maertelaere: De Mannen van de night. 100 years of zesdaagsen. Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2000, ISBN 90-74128-67-X , p. 234.
Remarks
- ^ Verlag der Radwelt (ed.): Sport album of the Rad world. A cycling yearbook . 13th year. Strauss-Verlag, Berlin 1913, p. 35-36 .
- ↑ Until the Union Européenne de Cyclisme (UEC) was founded in 1995, European championship titles were considered unofficial, as earlier European championships were usually invitation races in which non-Europeans also took part.
Web links
- André Perchicot in the Radsportseiten.net database
- André Perchicot in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- André Perchicot on youtube.com
1881, 1882 Frédéric de Civry | 1883–1885, 1887, 1891, 1893 Paul Médinger | 1886 Charles Terront | 1888 Paul Chereau | 1890 Louis Cottereau | 1892, 1893 Georges Cassignard | 1894 Maurice Farman | 1895, 1897, 1899 Paul Bourillon | 1896, 1900, 1902 Edmond Jacquelin | 1898 Ludovic Morin | 1901 Charles Jué | 1903 Victor Thuau | 1904, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1913, 1914 Émile Friol | 1905, 1922, 1924 Gabriel Poulain | 1908, 1911, 1914 Léon Hourlier | 1909 Victor Dupré | 1912 André Perchicot | 1920 Marcel Dupuy | 1923 Maurice Schilles | 1925–1930, 1933–1935 Lucien Michard | 1931 Lucien Faucheux | 1932, 1936, 1938, 1940–1943, 1945, 1946, 1949 Louis Gérardin | 1937 Louis Chaillot | 1939 Guy Renaudin | 1944, 1947, 1948, 1951–1952 Georges Senfftleben | 1953–1955 Jacques Bellenger | 1956–1958, 1963–1965 Roger Gaignard | 1959–1962, 1967 Michel Rousseau | 1968 André Gruchet | 1969 Jack Mourioux | 1970 Cyrille Guimard | 1976, 1977 Serge Aubey | 1978 Yves Daniel | 1980 Daniel Morelon | 1981 Francis Castaing | 1982, 1985 Yavé Cahard | 1984 Philippe Vernet | 1986–1988 Patrick Da Rocha | 1992, 1994 Frédéric Magné | 1993 Fabrice Colas | 1995–1998, 2000 Florian Rousseau | 1999, 2001–2004 Laurent Gané | 2005 Arnaud Tournant | 2006, 2008, 2010 Kévin Sireau | 2007, 2009 Grégory Baugé | 2012, 2013, 2015 François Pervis | 2014, 2016 Quentin Lafargue | 2017, 2018 Sébastien Vigier | 2019 Rayan Helal
The sprint was not consistently held at French rail championships.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Perchicot, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bayonne |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1950 |
| Place of death | Bayonne |