Louis Grogna
Louis Grogna (born June 17, 1879 in Seraing , † March 6, 1940 in Liège ) was a Belgian track cyclist .
Louis Grogna was a sprint specialist . In this discipline he won numerous grand prizes and other international races across Europe , including the Grand Prix de Reims once , the Grand Prix d'Angers twice and the Aachen one. At the sprint classic Grand Prix de Paris , he finished second in 1902. In 1899 he became Belgian sprint champion, and vice-champion the following year.
Because Grogna was short and beardless and also wore glasses, he was called Le petit curé ( The little priest ). He is considered to be the discoverer of Lucien Petit-Breton in France .
Web links
- Louis Grogna in the database of Radsportseiten.net
1894, 1895 Emile Huet | 1898, 1905–1909 Charles Van Den Born | 1899 Louis Grogna | 1900 Claude Leclercq | 1904 Ernest Massart | 1910 Albert Herent | 1911 Hubert Wilmots | 1912, 1914, 1926 Émile Otto | 1913, 1919, 1920 Jozef Van Bever | 1921 Jules Dossche | 1922–1925, 1927–1929 Alois De Graeve | 1930 Jacques Arlet | 1931–1939, 1941, 1942, 1944–1946 Jef Scherens | 1940 Frans Cools | 1943, 1951–1956 Emile Gosselin | 1948 Frans Van Looveren | 1949, 1950 Raymond Pauwels | 1957–1963, 1966 Jos De Bakker | 1964 Leo Sterckx | 1965, 1967–1969 Patrick Sercu | 1970–1974, 1976 Robert Van Lancker | 1975 Raphael Constant | 1981, 1982 Michel Vaarten | 1993–1995 Erik Schoefs | 1997 Mario Ghyselinck | 1998 Luc De Duytsche | 1999 Wim Van Rengen | 2000-2003 Dimitri De Fauw | 2004 Dominique Perissi | 2012 Kim Van Leemput | 2015 Matthias Oseï Vertez | 2016 Robin Venneman | 2017, 2018 Ayrton De Pauw | 2019 Gerald Nys
The sprint championship was not held continuously.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grogna, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian track cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seraing |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1940 |
| Place of death | Liege |