René Araou (18 October 1902 – 8 January 1955) 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 who competed in the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al ...

. He was born in

Narbonne Narbonne ( , , ; ; ; Late Latin:) is a commune in Southern France in the Occitanie region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is located about from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and was ...

. In 1924 he won the silver medal as member of the French team.

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* * * * 1902 births 1955 deaths Rugby union players from Narbonne French rugby union players 20th-century French sportsmen France international rugby union players Olympic rugby union players for France Rugby union players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Rugby union locks Rugby union props {{France-rugbyunion-bio-1900s-stub