Émile Champion 1900. Émile Adolphe Eugène Champion (August 7, 1879 in

Laval, Mayenne Laval () is a town in western France, about west-southwest of Paris, and the capital of the Mayenne departments of France, department. Its inhabitants are called ''Lavallois''. The commune of France, commune of Laval proper, without the metropo ...

– 4 August 1934 in

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) was a French

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athlete, born in

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, who competed in the early 20th century. He was a long-distance runner but specialized in the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

and won a

silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...

Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympics, twenty-three athletics (sport), athletics events were contested. Altogether, 117 athletes from 15 nations competed. A total of 68 medals (23 gold, 23 silver, 22 bronze) were awarded. The 23 events listed are those cu ...

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* * 1879 births 1934 deaths Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics French male marathon runners Olympic silver medalists for France Athletes from Paris Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) 19th-century French people 20th-century French sportsmen Sportspeople from Laval, Mayenne Athletes from Pays de la Loire {{France-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub