André Tison
André Tison ( André Alfred Tison ; born February 26, 1885 in Paris , † December 25, 1963 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés ) was a French athlete who took part in four Olympic Games.
At the Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in 1906 , he was fourth in the shot put and fifth in the discus throw (free style). In the standing long jump he came in 22nd place.
In 1908 in London he was eighth in the discus throw (free style). He didn't get in the top eight in the shot put.
In 1912 in Stockholm he was ninth in the shot put and 30th in the discus throw. In the discus throw of the Games in Antwerp in 1920, he was eliminated in the preliminary round.
He was national champion seven times in the shot put (1905, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914) and nine times in the discus throw (1907–1914, 1920).
French records:
- Shot put
- 12.46 m, June 18, 1905, Paris
- 12.75 m, April 14, 1907, Paris
- 12.81 m, July 5, 1908, Saint-Cloud
- 13.145 m, August 15, 1909, Colombes
- Discus throw
- 39.13 m, July 5, 1908, Saint-Cloud
- 41.25 m, June 27, 1909, Colombes
- 41.58 m, June 8, 1913, Colombes
André Tison started for the TC Sceaux, the Racing Club de France and the Paris UC.
Web links
- André Tison in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ FFA: Page no longer available , search in web archives: Les finalistes des championnats de France (PDF; 89 kB)
- ↑ FFA: Chronologie des records de France performances ne figurant pas dans le SIFFA (PDF; 850 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tison, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French discus thrower and shot putter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1963 |
| Place of death | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés |