Victor Thibault (8 March 1867 in

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– 3 May 1941 in

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) was a French competitor in the sport of archery. Thibault competed in two events at the

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, and won second prize in each. He is now considered by the

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to have won two

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s. Both of Thibault's events were the shorter 33 metre competitions, in both the Au Chapelet and Au Cordon Doré style.

Notes

# Prizes at the time were silver medals for first place and bronze medals for second, as well as usually including cash awards. The current gold, silver, bronze medal system was initiated at the

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. The International Olympic Committee has retroactively assigned medals in the current system to top three placers at early Olympics.

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* * 1867 births 1941 deaths Archers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for France French male archers Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Paris {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub