Marc Detton

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Marc Detton (left) and Jean-Pierre Stock as winners of the Argenteuil regatta in 1923

Marc Pierre Detton (* 20th February 1901 in Thorigny-sur-Marne , † 24. January 1977 in Paris ) was a French rower who in 1924 Olympic silver medalist, double sculls was.

Athletic career

Detton rowed for the Société d'Encouragement du Sport Nautique in Nogent-sur-Marne . At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924, he competed in a single and with Jean-Pierre Stock in a double scull. In the one he finished second behind the Australian Arthur Bull . In the repechage he was second behind the British Jack Beresford and was eliminated. In the double scull, Detton and Stock finished in second place behind Paul Costello and John B. Kelly from the United States. In the final, the Americans won by four seconds over the French. About ten lengths behind the French, the Swiss Rudolf Bosshard and Heinrich Thoma won the bronze medal.

At the European Championships in 1922 Detton was third in the single behind Rudolf Bosshard and the Belgian Felix Taymans , two years later he won the silver medal behind the Swiss Josef Schneider . In a double scull, Detton and Stock won the European Championships in 1925 ahead of the Swiss Rudolf Bosshard and Max Schmid . Detton was also a French champion at least once.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 . P. 553f
  2. ↑ Wolf Reinhardt, Ralph Schlueter: The Games of the VIII Olympiad in 1924 in Paris and the I. Winter Olympics in Chamonix . Agon Sportverlag, Kassel 2016 ISBN 978-3-89784-408-7 p. 294
  3. ↑ European championships in one at sport-komplett.de
  4. ↑ European championships in double sculls at sport-komplett.de
  5. ↑ Wolf Reinhardt, Ralph Schlueter: The Games of the VIII Olympiad in 1924 in Paris and the I. Winter Olympics in Chamonix . Agon Sportverlag, Kassel 2016 ISBN 978-3-89784-408-7 p. 295
personal data
SURNAME Detton, Marc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Detton, Marc Pierre (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French rower
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Thorigny-sur-Marne
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1977
Place of death Paris