Pierre Failliot

Pierre Failliot
Pierre Failliot (1909)
Full name	Pierre Alexis Louis Failliot
nation	France
birthday	February 25, 1887
place of birth	Paris ,  France
date of death	December 31, 1935
Place of death	Paris, France
Career
discipline	100 m , 200 m , 400 m , pentathlon , decathlon
Best performance	100 m: 11.0 s; 200 m: 22.6 s; 400 m: 49.0 s
society	Racing Club de France
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Stockholm 1912 4 × 400 m
last change: February 13, 2017

Pierre Failliot ( Pierre Alexis Louis Failliot ; born February 25, 1887 in Paris , † December 31, 1935 there ) was a French athlete and rugby union player.

At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, he won silver with the French team in the 4 x 400 meter relay . Over 100 m , 200 m and in the 4 x 100 m relay , he was eliminated in the preliminary run, in the pentathlon he came in 17th place, and in the decathlon he gave up after three disciplines.

In 1907 he became national runner-up over 400 m and 800 m , in 1908 champion over 100 m, 200 m and 400 m. In 1909 he defended these three titles and also won the title in the 400-meter hurdles . He was then voted France's Sportsman of the Year. In 1911 he was champion over 100 m, 200 m and 400 m, in 1912 over 200 m and in the javelin throw .

Between 1911 and 1913 he played seven times in the French national rugby union team .

Personal best

• 100 m: 11.0 s, June 13, 1909, Colombes
• 200 m: 22.6 s, July 9, 1911, Colombes
• 400 m: 49.0 s, May 31, 1908, Paris
• 400 m hurdles: 57.2 s, June 13, 1909, Colombes

Web links

• Pierre Failliot in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Entry at ESPNscrum

Footnotes

1. ↑ FFA: Les finalistes des championnats de France - 1888 à 1969  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.4 MB)