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Simone Chapoteau
Simone Chapoteau Pierson (November 3, 1902 – March 11, 1980) was a French athlete, born in Haiti. She won medals at women's track events in the 1920s and 1930s, including a gold medal at the Women's World Games in Monte Carlo in 1923, in pentathlon. She was president of the Cercle Féminin de Paris, a women's athletic organization, for 47 years. Early life and education Chapoteau was born in Haiti and educated in France. Her sister Liliane was also involved in sports. Career Chapoteau was a track-and-field athlete in the 1920s, competing in running, pentathlon, shotput, javelin, and long jump events in Paris and Monte Carlo. She was on several record-setting French relay teams, including a 1922 win with Andrée Darreau, Georgette Lenoir, and Cécile Maugars. She won a gold medal at the Women's World Games in Monte Carlo in 1923, in pentathlon. She won silver and bronze medals at the French national championships in Bry-sur-Marne in 1926, in Roubaix Roubaix ( or ; nl, Rob ...
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Women's World Games
The Women's World Games were the first international women's sports events in track and field. The games were held four times between 1922 and 1934. They were established by Alice Milliat and the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) to compensate for the lack of women's sports at the Olympic Games. The games were an important step towards women's equality in sports. A forerunner tournament was held in Monte Carlo in March 1921. Background Women were allowed to take part in the Olympic games since 1900 ( II Olympiad in golf and tennis, III Olympiad in archery, IV Olympiad in archery, figure skating and tennis, at the V Olympiad swimming was added as well). In 1919 Milliat started discussions with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the IAAF to also include women's track and field athletics events in the 1924 Olympic Games. On refusal Milliat organised a first competition in 1921 called the Women's Olympiad in Monte Carlo; further editions were he ...
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1923 Women's Olympiad
The 1923 Women's Olympiad (, and ) was the fourth international event in women's sports, the tournament was held 4 to 7 April 1923 in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The tournament was formally called "''Les Jeux Athlétiques Féminins à Monté Carlo''". The games were a runner-up to the 1921 Women's Olympiad and 1922 Women's Olympiad. Events The multi-sport event was as previous years organised by Fédération des Sociétés Féminines Sportives de France (FSFSF) under chairwoman Alice Milliat and Camille Blanc, director of the "International Sporting Club de Monaco" as a response to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision not to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games. The games were attended by participants from 8 nations: Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Italy, Monaco, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The tournament was a huge promotion for women's sports. The athletes competed in 11 events: running (60 metres, 250 metres, 80 ...
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Pentathlon
A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) ( gr, πένταθλον). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games. Five events were contested over one day for the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, starting with the long jump, javelin throwing, and discus throwing, followed by the '' stadion'' (a short foot race) and wrestling. Pentathletes were considered to be among the most skilled athletes, and their training was often part of military service—each of the five events in the pentathlon was thought to be useful in war or battle. With the revival of the Olympic Games in the modern era, the pentathlon returned in two formats. The athletics pentathlon was a modern variation on the original events, with a competition over five track and field events. The modern pentathlon, invented by Pierre de Coubertin (father of the Modern Olympic ...
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Georgette Lenoir
Georgette Lenoir (fl. 1922–1928) was a French track and field athlete and a world record holder in the 800 meters and 1000 meters and silver medalist at the first Women's Olympics in 1922 in Paris, and she was a pioneer in women's sports. Biography Georgette Lenoir was born in central France. In her youth, she was an active athlete and later joined the women's sports association "Fémina Sport" (founded in 1912) in Paris. She competed for the club throughout her active sporting career and specialized in middle-distance running. She held several world championship titles at various running distances and also competed in the high jump. She participated in the 1922 Women's Games in Monte Carlo, Monaco, where she competed in running 250 meters, high jump, pentathlon (then running 60 meters, 300 meters, javelin throw, high jump and shot put) but without reaching a medal place. On 6 August of the same year, she set a world record in running 1000 meters at competitions in Paris, th ...
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Bry-sur-Marne
Bry-sur-Marne (, literally ''Bry on Marne'') is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The commune of Bry-sur-Marne is part of the sector of Porte de Paris, one of the four sectors of the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée. History Prehistory and early history Bry's name comes from the Celtic word ''Briw'', which means a bridge or a river crossing. The area has been inhabited since Neolithic times. The town's motto, which features on its coat of arms, is "''Moult viel que Paris''" - old French for "Much older than Paris". In 1903, archeologist Adrien Mentienne uncovered the bones of a large bovine which died 15,000 years ago. In 1982, the skeleton of a woman who died in the 5th century BC was uncovered beneath the playground of a school in Bry. It is now housed in the town'museum From that century onwards, there was a permanent human presence where Bry now stands. In 1886, a necropolis was found ...
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Roubaix
Roubaix ( or ; nl, Robaais; vls, Roboais) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial commune in the Nord department, which grew rapidly in the 19th century from its textile industries, with most of the same characteristic features as those of English and American boom towns. This former new town has faced many challenges linked to deindustrialisation such as urban decay, with their related economic and social implications, since its major industries fell into decline by the middle of the 1970s. Located to the northeast of Lille, adjacent to Tourcoing, Roubaix is the chef-lieu of two cantons and the third largest city in the French region of Hauts-de-France ranked by population with nearly 99,000 inhabitants.
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Carmen Pomiès
Carmen Charlotte Marianne Pomiès (29 September 1900 – 29 September 1982) was a French javelin thrower and international association football player in the 1910s to 1930s, and a member of the French Resistance during World War II. Early life Pomiès was born in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. She had a younger brother, , who would become an actor and modern dancer, and an older sister, Hélène, who became a writer. Athletic career Javelin Pomiès won the bronze medal in the two-handed javelin throw event at the 1921 Women's Olympiad in Monte Carlo, behind her compatriot Violette Morris who took gold. Football Pomiès joined Fémina Sport, a women's association football club, upon its creation in 1918 and played centre-back. After Fémina won its first French championship against a club named Academia, she was named to a combined French national team of players from Fémina, En Avant, and Les Sportives for its first international tour in 1920. The French team trav ...
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1902 Births
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1980 Deaths
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 2 ...
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People From Port-au-Prince
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form ...
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Haitian Athletes
Haitian may refer to: Relating to Haiti * ''Haitian'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Haiti ** Haitian Creole, a French-Creole based ** Haitian French, variant of the French language ** Haitians, an ethnic group * Haitian art * Haitian Carnival * Haitian cuisine, traditional foods * Haitian gourde, a unit of currency * Haitian patty, in culinary contexts * Haitian literature * Haitian mythology * Haitian Revolution * Haitian Vodou * Ligue Haïtienne (''Haitian League'') Other uses * Haitian (''Heroes''), minor character in the 2006 television series ''Heroes'' See also * Haitian−Qingdao railway The Haitian−Qingdao railway or Haiqing railway () is a railway in Shandong Province, China. The single-track railway connects Station in Changyi on the Dezhou–Longkou–Yantai railway in northern Shandong with Station in Gaomi on the Jiaoz ..., a railway in Shandong Province, China * * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation ...
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French Athletes
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