Adolphe René Bousquet (14 August 1899 – 17 March 1972) was a French

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the Comparison of rugby league and rugby union, two codes of ru ...

player who competed in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

and in the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

. He was born in

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and died in

. He won the silver medal as member of the French team in 1920 as well as in 1924.

References

External links

Adolphe Bousquet at databaseOlympics.com
1899 births 1972 deaths Sportspeople from Béziers Rugby union players from Occitania (administrative region) French rugby union players Olympic rugby union players for France Rugby union players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Rugby union players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France France international rugby union players Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics AS Béziers Hérault players 20th-century French people {{France-rugbyunion-bio-stub