France

France's first Olympic Champion was fencer Eugène-Henri Gravelotte who was 20 years old when he won the individual Foil event on the second day of competition at the I. Olympic Games, Athens on 7 April 1896.

142 French men and 4 women have been Olympic Champion prior to WW2 winning a total of 93 Gold Medals.

M/F

Name

Year

Gold

SPORT

born

died

M

 Eugène-Henri Gravelotte

1896

1

 FENCING

6.2.1876

28.8.1939

M

 Léon Flameng

1896

1

 CYCLING

1877

1917

M

 Paul Masson

1896

3

 CYCLING

1874

1945

M

 Emile Coste

1900

1

 FENCING

2.2.1862

M

 Lucien Mérignac

1900

1

 FENCING

5.10.1873

1.3.1941

M

 F Michelet

1900

1

 YACHTING

M

 E Michelet

1900

1

 YACHTING

M

 Texier

1900

1

 YACHTING

M

 Maurice Gufflet

1900

1

 YACHTING

M

 Emile Grumiaux

1900

1

 ARCHERY

M

 Henri Herouin

1900

1

 ARCHERY

1876

M

 Eugène Mougin

1900

1

 ARCHERY

17.11.1852

M

 Dominique Gardères

1900

1

 EQUESTRIAN

22.10.1856

M

 Albert Ayat

1900

2

 FENCING

1876

1935

M

 Georges de la Falaise

1900

1

 FENCING

1910

M

 Aumoitte

1900

2

 CROQUET

M

 Johin

1900

1

 CROQUET

M

 Waydelick

1900

1

 CROQUET

M

 Roger de Barbarin

1900

1

 SHOOTING

M

 Louis Debray

1900

1

 SHOOTING

M

 Gustave Sandras

1900

1

 GYMNASTICS

24.2.1872

1954

M

 Maurice Larrouy

1900

1

 SHOOTING

M

 Achille Paroche

1900

1

 SHOOTING

M

 Emile Billard

1900

1

 YACHTING

M

 P Perquer

1900

1

 YACHTING

M

 Charles de Vendeville

1900

1

 SWIMMING

M

 Henri Barrelet

1900

1

 ROWING

1881

M

 Henri Bouckaert

1900

1

 ROWING

1872

M

 Jean Cau

1900

1

 ROWING

1874

M

 Charlot

1900

1

 ROWING

M

 Emile Delchambre

1900

1

 ROWING

3.12.1875

M

 Henri Hazebroucq

1900

1

 ROWING

1877

M

 Georges Taillandier

1900

1

 CYCLING

M

 Vladimir Aitoff

1900

1

 RUGBY

5.8.1879

6.9.1963

M

 A Albert

1900

1

 RUGBY

M

 Jean Binoche

1900

1

 RUGBY

M

 Jean Collas

1900

1

 RUGBY

1928

M

 G Gautier

1900

1

 RUGBY

30.12.1875

23.10.1938

M

 Auguste Giroux

1900

1

 RUGBY

29.7.1874

9.8.1953

M

 Charles Gondouin

1900

1

 RUGBY

21.7.1875

24.12.1947

M

 Albert Henriquez

1900

1

 RUGBY

M

 J Hervé

1900

1

 RUGBY

M

 Victor Larchandet

1900

1

 RUGBY

M

 Hubert Lefebvre

1900

1

 RUGBY

28.11.1878

M

 Joseph Olivier

1900

1

 RUGBY

1874

M

 Alexandre Pharamond

1900

1

 RUGBY

20.10.1876

4.5.1953

M

 Franz Reichel

1900

1

 RUGBY

16.3.1871

24.3.1932

M

 André Rischmann

1900

1

 RUGBY

1882

1955

M

 Albert Roosevelt

1900

1

 RUGBY

1883

M

 Emile Sarrade

1900

1

 RUGBY

1877

13.10.1953

M

 André Auffray

1908

1

 CYCLING

1884

4.11.1953

M

 Maurice Schilles

1908

1

 CYCLING

25.2.1888

22.12.1950

M

 Eugène Grisot

1908

1

 ARCHERY

M

 Gaston Alibert

1908

2

 FENCING

1883

26.12.1917

M

 Henri-Georges Berger

1908

1

 FENCING

M

 Charles Collignon

1908

1

 FENCING

M

 Bernard Gravier

1908

1

 FENCING

M

 Alexandre Lippmann

1908

2

 FENCING

1880

M

 Eugène Olivier

1908

1

 FENCING

M

 Jean Stern

1908

1

 FENCING

M

 Emile Thubron

1908

1

 Motor Boating

M

 Maurice Germot

1912

1

 TENNIS

17.11.1882

6.8.1958

M

 André Gobert

1912

2

 TENNIS

14.9.1890

6.12.1951

M

 Paul Colas

1912

2

 SHOOTING

6.5.1880

F

 Marguerite Broquedis

1912

1

 TENNIS

17.4.1893

23.4.1983

M

 Jean Cariou

1912

1

 EQUESTRIAN

M

 Jacques Thubé

1912

1

 YACHTING

22.6.1882

14.5.1969

M

 Gaston Thubé

1912

1

 YACHTING

16.10.1876

22.6.1974

M

 Amédée Thubé

1912

1

 YACHTING

8.12.1884

29.1.1941

M

 Julien Brulé

1920

1

 ARCHERY

30.4.1875

M

 Fernand Canteloube

1920

1

 CYCLING

M

 Georges Detreilles

1920

1

 CYCLING

1892

13.5.1957

M

 Marcel Gobillot

1920

1

 CYCLING

3.1.1900

12.1.1981

M

 Achille Souchard

1920

1

 CYCLING

17.5.1900

24.9.1976

M

 Joseph Guillemot

1920

1

 TRACK & FIELD

1.10.1899

9.3.1975

F

 Suzanne Lenglen

1920

2

 TENNIS

24.5.1899

4.7.1938

M

 Armand Massard

1920

1

 FENCING

1.12.1884

8.4.1971

M

 Max Decugis

1920

1

 TENNIS

24.9.1882

6.9.1978

M

 Paul Fritsch

1920

1

 BOXING

25.2.1901

22.9.1970

M

 Ernest Cadine

1920

1

 WEIGHTLIFTING

12.7.1893

23.5.1978

M

 Henri Gance

1920

1

 WEIGHTLIFTING

17.3.1888

M

 Pierre Coquelin de Lisle

1924

1

 SHOOTING

19.7.1900

22.7.1980

M

 Philippe Cattiau

1924

3

 FENCING

28.7.1892

17.2.1962

M

 Jaques Coutrot

1924

1

 FENCING

10.4.1898

17.9.1965

M

 Guy de Luget

1924

1

 FENCING

1884

M

 Roger Ducret

1924

3

 FENCING

2.4.1888

8.1.1962

M

 Lucien Gaudin

1924

4

 FENCING

27.9.1886

23.9.1934

M

 Henri Jobier

1924

1

 FENCING

1879

M

 André Labatut

1924

2

 FENCING

18.7.1891

1978

M

 Joseph Peroteaux

1924

1

 FENCING

1883

M

 Georges Buchard

1924

2

 FENCING

21.12.1893

22.1.1987

M

 Lionel Liottel

1924

1

 FENCING

1885

M

 Georges Tainturier

1924

2

 FENCING

1890

M

 Henry Deglane

1924

1

 Wrestling - Greco-Roman

22.6.1902

7.7.1975

M

 Albert Séguin

1924

1

 GYMNASTICS

1891

1979

M

 Albert Deborgies

1924

1

 Water Polo

6.7.1902

M

 Noël Delberghe

1924

1

 Water Polo

25.12.1897

15.9.1965

M

 Robert Desmettre

1924

1

 Water Polo

5.8.1901

M

 Paul Dujardin

1924

1

 Water Polo

10.5.1894

1959

M

 Albert Mayaud

1924

1

 Water Polo

1899

14.8.1987

M

 Henri Padou

1924

1

 Water Polo

15.5.1898

19.11.1981

M

 Georges Rigal

1924

1

 Water Polo

6.10.1890

25.3.1974

M

 Edmond Decottignies

1924

1

 WEIGHTLIFTING

3.12.1893

3.6.1963

M

 Armand Blanchonnet

1924

2

 CYCLING

23.12.1903

17.9.1968

M

 René Hamel

1924

1

 CYCLING

14.10.1902

M

 Georges Wambst

1924

1

 CYCLING

21.7.1902

2.8.1988

M

 Lucien Choury

1924

1

 CYCLING

25.3.1898

6.5.1987

M

 Jean Cugnot

1924

1

 CYCLING

3.8.1899

29.6.1933

M

 Lucien Michard

1924

1

 CYCLING

17.11.1903

1.11.1985

M

 Charles Rigoulot

1924

1

 WEIGHTLIFTING

3.11.1903

22.8.1962

F

 Andrée Brunet-Joly

1928

2

 FIGURE SKATING

16.9.1901

3.1993

M

 Pierre Brunet

1928

2

 FIGURE SKATING

28.6.1902

27.7.1991

M

 Roger François

1928

1

 WEIGHTLIFTING

7.10.1900

16.2.1949

M

 Boughéra El Quafi

1928

1

 TRACK & FIELD

18.10.1898

18.10.1959

M

 Roger Beaufrand

1928

1

 CYCLING

25.9.1908

M

 Donatien Bouché

1928

1

 YACHTING

10.5.1882

1965

M

 Charles de la Sablière

1928

1

 YACHTING

26.4.1895

M

 André Derrien

1928

1

 YACHTING

31.7.1895

M

 Virginie Hériot

1928

1

 YACHTING

25.7.1890

28.8.1932

M

 André Lesauvage

1928

1

 YACHTING

25.12.1890

1971

M

 Jean Lesieur

1928

1

 YACHTING

M

 René Duverger

1932

1

 WEIGHTLIFTING

30.1.1911

16.8.1983

M

 Louis Hostin

1932

2

 WEIGHTLIFTING

21.4.1908

1998

M

 Raymond Suvigny

1932

1

 WEIGHTLIFTING

21.1.1903

26.10.1945

M

 René Bondoux

1932

1

 FENCING

26.5.1905

M

 René Bougnol

1932

2

 FENCING

7.1.1911

1956

M

 Edward Gardère

1932

1

 FENCING

25.2.1909

M

 René Lemoine

1932

1

 FENCING

29.12.1905

M

 Jean Piot

1932

2

 FENCING

10.5.1890

1961

M

 Louis Chaillot

1932

1

 CYCLING

2.3.1914

28.1.1998

M

 Maurice Perrin

1932

1

 CYCLING

26.10.1911

M

 Charles Pacôme

1932

1

 Wrestling - Freestyle

5.11.1903

30.9.1978

M

 Fernand Jourdant

1932

1

 FENCING

M

 Bernard Schmetz

1932

1

 FENCING

21.3.1904

13.6.1966

M

 André Jousseaume

1932

2

 EQUESTRIAN

27.7.1894

26.5.1960

M

 Xavier Lesage

1932

2

 EQUESTRIAN

25.10.1885

1969

M

 Charles Marion

1932

1

 EQUESTRIAN

14.1.1887

M

 Jacques Lebrun

1932

1

 YACHTING

20.9.1910

1996

M

 Emile Poilvé

1936

1

 Wrestling - Freestyle

19.9.1903

1962

M

 Robert Charpentier

1936

3

 CYCLING

4.4.1916

28.10.1966

M

 Jean Goujon

1936

1

 CYCLING

21.4.1914

28.4.1991

M

 Guy Lapébie

1936

2

 CYCLING

28.11.1916

M

 Roger Le Nizerhy

1936

1

 CYCLING

3.12.1916

28.1.1999

M

 Robert Dorgebray

1936

1

 CYCLING

16.10.1916

M

 Jean Despeaux

1936

1

 BOXING

22.10.1915

25.5.1989

M

 Roger Michelot

1936

1

 BOXING

8.6.1912

1993

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