André Chilo (5 July 1898 – 3 November 1982) was a French

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

player and

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who competed in the

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. He was born in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

and died in Barcus. In 1920 he won the silver medal as member of the French rugby team. He also participated in the triple jump competition and finished 18th.

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1898 births 1982 deaths Rugby union players from Bordeaux French rugby union players French male triple jumpers Olympic rugby union players for France Olympic athletes for France Rugby union players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France France international rugby union players Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-rugbyunion-bio-1890s-stub