Albert Xavier Eluère (8 September 1897 – 5 February 1967) was a French

heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the W ...

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. He competed in the 1920s and was born in

Issé Issé (; br, Izeg) is a commune on the banks of the river Don in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is situated 10 km southeast of Châteaubriant Châteaubriant (; br, Kastell-Briant; Gallo: ''Châtiaoberiant'') is ...

. Eluère won a bronze medal 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 ...

, losing against Danish boxer

Søren Petersen Søren Peter Petersen (December 6, 1894 – 1945) was a Danish heavyweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Kolding and died in Belgium. Petersen won a silver medal in boxing at the 1920 Summer Olymp ...

in the semi-finals.

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Xavier Eluère's profile at Sports Reference.com
1897 births 1967 deaths Sportspeople from Loire-Atlantique Heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers for France Boxers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Place of birth missing Olympic medalists in boxing French male boxers Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics {{france-boxing-bio-stub