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Jules Louis Rolland
Born(1877-03-24)24 March 1877
Valentigney, France
Died14 January 1929(1929-01-14) (aged 51)[1]
Hautmont, France
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented France
Medal record
Representing  France
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1907 Prague Team[2]
Silver medal – second place 1907 Prague All-Around
Silver medal – second place 1907 Prague Pommel horse
Bronze medal – third place 1907 Prague Horizontal bar[2]: 62 

Jules Louis Rolland (24 March 1877 – 14 January 1929) was a French gymnast.[3] He competed in the men's individual all-around event at the 1900 Summer Olympics and competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[4] Additionally, he competed at the 1907 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, helping his French team to silver, and also winning individual medals of silver in the all-around combined exercises and pommel horse apparatus, as well as bronze on the horizontal bar.

References

  1. ^ Maillard, Jean. "Jules, Louis ROLLAND". Geneanet. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). 125th Anniversary - The story goes on... FIG. p. 61.
  3. ^ "Jules Rolland". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jules Rolland Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.