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 in 1923 | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jacques Marie Lucien Raoul Simonpaoli | |||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 1887 Courtalain, France | |||||||||||
| Died | 23 March 1960 (aged 72) Paris, France | |||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 125 kg (276 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics, wrestling | |||||||||||
| Event(s) | Shot put, discus throw | |||||||||||
| Club | Métropolitain 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
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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
edit- La Souriante Madame Beudet (1922)
- Possession (1922)
- Terror (1924)
- Madame Sans-Gêne (1925)
- Nitchevo (1926)
- Senorita (1927)
- The Coward (1927)
- The Magic Flame (1927)
- Beau Sabreur (1928)
- Woman Wise (1928)
- The Olympic Hero (1928)
- A Night of Mystery (1928)
- Safety in Numbers (1930)
- The Big Trail (1931)
References
edit- ^ a b c Raoul Paoli. sports-reference.com
- ^ Raoul Paoli. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "Raoul Paoli". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ Paoli. sports-reference.com
- ^ Violette Morris. janinetissot.fdaf.org
- ^ John Grasso (6 March 2014). Historical Dictionary of Wrestling. Scarecrow Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8108-7926-3.
- ^ "The Athletic Championships". Weekly Dispatch (London). 4 July 1920. Retrieved 23 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletics". Newcastle Journal. 5 July 1920. Retrieved 23 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletics". Northern Whig. 2 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Where Britain leads". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
External links
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- Raoul Paoli at ESPNscrum
- Raoul Paoli at Olympics.com
- Raoul Paoli at Olympedia
- Raoul Paoli at IMDb
