Adolphe Klingelhoefer (2 May 1880 - 19 December 1956) was a French

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who competed at the

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, he also played

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Biography

Klingelhoefer was born and raised in

, France, he was the son of a

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ian diplomat who was the vice-consul at the Brazilian embassy in France. Between 1899-1903 he won six French national titles, 4 in the 110 metre hurdles and two in the 400 metre hurdles, and set two national records in the 110 metre hurdles in 1903 and 1904. Klingelhoefer competed in the

, he entered three events, with little success, in the

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he finished outside the top three in his heat so did not qualify for the next round, in the

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he finished third in his heat which still wasn't good enough to qualify for the final, and finally in the

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he pulled up lame in his heat so did not finish the race or qualify for the final. He was also a good rugby player, and was actually one of two try scorers when his club

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won the

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. He became a high-ranking official in the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and made his money in the financial world, although his Olympic results have him listed as French, documents released in 2009 from an Olympic historian, stated at the time of the 1900 Olympics Klingelhofer was a Brazilian national, but still to the day these facts are not recognised by the

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or the

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References

External links

* * De Wael, Herman. ''Herman's Full Olympians'': "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically a

. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Klingelhoefer, Adolphe Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France French male sprinters 1880 births 1956 deaths 19th-century French people 20th-century French sportsmen Racing 92 players French rugby union players