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Raoul Paoli
Paoli in 1923
Personal information
Full nameJacques Marie Lucien Raoul Simonpaoli
Born(1887-11-24)24 November 1887
Courtalain, France
Died23 March 1960(1960-03-23) (aged 72)
Paris, France
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics, wrestling
Event(s)Shot put, discus throw
ClubMétropolitain Club Colombes;
Stade français, Paris;
Olympique de Paris, Paris
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)SP – 14.69 m (1926)
DT – 39.90 (1917)[1][2]
Medal record
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1900 Paris Coxed pair

Jacques Marie Lucien Raoul Simonpaoli (24 November 1887 – 23 March 1960) was a French athlete, boxer, wrestler, rower and actor.[3] Aged 12, he served as a coxswain in the French coxed pair and won a bronze medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics.[4] He competed in the shot put at the 1912, 1920, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics with the best result of ninth place in 1924. In 1912 he also took part in the Greco-Roman wrestling contest and served as the Olympic flag bearer for France, and in 1928 he finished 29th in the discus throw.[1]

Paoli was a French champion in boxing and rugby, with Stade Français. He played three international rugby games for the French national rugby union team in 1911–12 and scored one try.[1] In the 1920s he was romantically involved with the fellow athlete Violette Morris.[5] In 1933 he co-founded the French Federation of Professional Wrestling.[6]

Paoli won the British AAA Championships title in the shot put event at the 1920 AAA Championships[7][8] and finished second behind Bertil Jansson in the same event at the 1921 AAA Championships.[9][10][11]

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Raoul Paoli. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Raoul Paoli. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. ^ "Raoul Paoli". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  4. ^ Paoli. sports-reference.com
  5. ^ Violette Morris. janinetissot.fdaf.org
  6. ^ John Grasso (6 March 2014). Historical Dictionary of Wrestling. Scarecrow Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8108-7926-3.
  7. ^ "The Athletic Championships". Weekly Dispatch (London). 4 July 1920. Retrieved 23 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Athletics". Newcastle Journal. 5 July 1920. Retrieved 23 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Athletics". Northern Whig. 2 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Where Britain leads". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
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