Content deleted Content added
+ additional source |
No edit summary |
||
| (31 intermediate revisions by 13 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{ |
{{Short description|French sprint canoeist (1924–2022)|bot=PearBOT 5}} |
||
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} |
|||
<!-- Please do not remove or change this AfD message until the discussion has been closed. --> |
|||
{{Infobox sportsperson |
|||
{{Article for deletion/dated|page=Raymond Argentin|timestamp=20220126103434|year=2022|month=January|day=26|substed=yes|help=off}} |
|||
|name= |
|||
<!-- Once discussion is closed, please place on talk page: {{Old AfD multi|page=Raymond Argentin|date=26 January 2022|result='''keep'''}} --> |
|||
|image= |
|||
<!-- End of AfD message, feel free to edit beyond this point --> |
|||
|image_size= |
|||
| ⚫ | '''René Raymond Argentin''' ( |
||
|caption= |
|||
|birth_name=René Raymond Argentin |
|||
|birth_date={{birth date|1924|10|15|df=y}} |
|||
|birth_place=[[Champagne (province)|Champagne]], [[Marne (department)|Marne]], [[French Third Republic|France]] |
|||
|death_date={{death date and age|2022|10|14|1924|10|15|df=y}} |
|||
|death_place=[[Pontault-Combault]], [[Seine-et-Marne]], France |
|||
|height = |
|||
|weight = |
|||
|sport=[[Canoe racing|Canoe sprint]] |
|||
|club= |
|||
|alma_mater= |
|||
}} |
|||
| ⚫ | '''René Raymond Argentin''' (15 October 1924 – 14 October 2022) was a French [[Canoe racing|sprint canoeist]] who competed in the late 1940s. He finished fourth in the [[Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 10000 metres|C-1 10000 m]] event at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]]. Argentin was a national champion in canoeing in both 1948 and 1949.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raymond Argentin |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/raymond-argentin-1.html |website=Sports Reference |access-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417195046/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/raymond-argentin-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Olympedia">{{cite web |title=Raymond Argentin |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/9591 |website=Olympedia |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref> |
||
==Biography== |
==Biography== |
||
Argentin started canoeing in 1942, and quickly gained proficiency in the sport. His time on the national canoeing team would last just three years, from 1948 to 1950. However, he got the opportunity to represent France in the C-1 10000 event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. At the Games, he finished in fourth place and missed the podium, coming in just over two minutes after Canada's [[Norm Lane]].<ref name="Olympedia">{{cite |
René Raymond Argentin was born in [[Champagne (province)|Champagne]], [[Marne (department)|Marne]] on 15 October 1924.<ref name="Olympedia"/><ref name="Midi">{{cite news |title=L'internationale de Canoe-Kayak |url=https://www.alpes-et-midi.fr/article/internationale-canoe-kayak |access-date=27 January 2022 |publisher=Alpes & Midi |date=1 June 2017}}</ref> He started canoeing in 1942, and quickly gained proficiency in the sport. His time on the national canoeing team would last just three years, from 1948 to 1950. However, he got the opportunity to represent France in the C-1 10000 event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. After being selected, Argentin would train alone in Marne every day for 10 km (10,000m an hour).<ref name="Midi"/> At the Games, he finished in fourth place and missed the podium, coming in just over two minutes after Canada's [[Norm Lane]].<ref name="Olympedia"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Kamper |first1=Erich |title=Encyclopedia of the Olympic Games |date=1972 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |pages=163 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PiwOAQAAMAAJ&q=%22raymond+argentin%22+canoe |access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref> He finished with a time of 1:06:44.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Phillips |first1=Bob |title=The 1948 Olympics: How London Rescued the Games |date=2007 |publisher=SportsBooks |pages=167 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iUkNAQAAMAAJ&q=%22raymond+argentin%22 |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref> |
||
Argentin was also selected to compete, alongside his friend [[Robert Boutigny]], at the 1950 World Championships, but did not attend, stating that he had been sacked following his return from the 1948 Olympics missing work due to sport, and had been rehired on the condition that he did not do it again.<ref name="Midi"/> Argentin was the national C-1 1000 champion in 1948, as well as the C-1 1000 and 10000 champion in 1949.<ref name="Olympedia"/> |
|||
In January 2020, Argentin was noted as being the oldest surviving member of the Association |
As of 2010, Argentin was still actively canoeing at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carrizey-Jasick |first1=Titia |title=Une descente de grands champions |url=https://www.sudouest.fr/dordogne/castelnaud-la-chapelle/une-descente-de-grands-champions-10137902.php |access-date=15 February 2022 |publisher=Sud Ouest |date=8 October 2010}}</ref> In June 2017, Argentin stated his belief that Olympic champion [[František Čapek]] should have been disqualified at the 1948 Games for using a non-approved boat.<ref name="Midi"/> In January 2020, Argentin was noted as being the oldest surviving member of the Association of French Canoe-Kayak Internationals (AIFCK).<ref>{{cite news |title=Pornic : France Petit aux Jeux Olympiques de Munich |url=https://actu.fr/pays-de-la-loire/pornic_44131/pornic-france-petit-jeux-olympiques-munich_30813797.html |access-date=27 January 2022 |publisher=Le Courrier du Pays de Retz |date=17 January 2020}}</ref> He died in [[Pontault-Combault]], [[Seine-et-Marne]] on 14 October 2022, one day before his 98th birthday.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raymond Argentin n'est plus |url=http://aifck.canalblog.com/archives/2022/10/16/39670972.html |website=Canal Blog |access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Avis de Décès de Raymond Argentin |url=https://www.avis-de-deces.net/avis-de-deces/ile-de-france/seine-et-marne-77/77340-pontault-combault/2022-10-17-argentin-raymond_3CES1HVGYuqeFJhvENhRsQ/ |access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref> |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
||
==External links== |
|||
*[http://aifck.canalblog.com/archives/2012/06/14/22160483.html Photo gallery of Raymond Argentin at Canalblog] |
|||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Argentin, Raymond}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Argentin, Raymond}} |
||
[[Category:1924 births]] |
[[Category:1924 births]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:2022 deaths]] |
||
[[Category:20th-century French people]] |
|||
[[Category:Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics]] |
[[Category:Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics]] |
||
[[Category:French male canoeists]] |
[[Category:French male canoeists]] |
||
[[Category:Olympic canoeists |
[[Category:Olympic canoeists for France]] |
||
[[Category:Sportspeople from Marne (department)]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 12:24, 13 August 2023
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | René Raymond Argentin |
| Born | 15 October 1924 Champagne, Marne, France |
| Died | 14 October 2022 (aged 97) Pontault-Combault, Seine-et-Marne, France |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Canoe sprint |
René Raymond Argentin (15 October 1924 – 14 October 2022) was a French sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1940s. He finished fourth in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Argentin was a national champion in canoeing in both 1948 and 1949.[1][2]
Biography[edit]
René Raymond Argentin was born in Champagne, Marne on 15 October 1924.[2][3] He started canoeing in 1942, and quickly gained proficiency in the sport. His time on the national canoeing team would last just three years, from 1948 to 1950. However, he got the opportunity to represent France in the C-1 10000 event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. After being selected, Argentin would train alone in Marne every day for 10 km (10,000m an hour).[3] At the Games, he finished in fourth place and missed the podium, coming in just over two minutes after Canada's Norm Lane.[2][4] He finished with a time of 1:06:44.[5]
Argentin was also selected to compete, alongside his friend Robert Boutigny, at the 1950 World Championships, but did not attend, stating that he had been sacked following his return from the 1948 Olympics missing work due to sport, and had been rehired on the condition that he did not do it again.[3] Argentin was the national C-1 1000 champion in 1948, as well as the C-1 1000 and 10000 champion in 1949.[2]
As of 2010, Argentin was still actively canoeing at the age of 86.[6] In June 2017, Argentin stated his belief that Olympic champion František Čapek should have been disqualified at the 1948 Games for using a non-approved boat.[3] In January 2020, Argentin was noted as being the oldest surviving member of the Association of French Canoe-Kayak Internationals (AIFCK).[7] He died in Pontault-Combault, Seine-et-Marne on 14 October 2022, one day before his 98th birthday.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Raymond Argentin". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Raymond Argentin". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d "L'internationale de Canoe-Kayak". Alpes & Midi. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Kamper, Erich (1972). Encyclopedia of the Olympic Games. McGraw-Hill. p. 163. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ Phillips, Bob (2007). The 1948 Olympics: How London Rescued the Games. SportsBooks. p. 167. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Carrizey-Jasick, Titia (8 October 2010). "Une descente de grands champions". Sud Ouest. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Pornic : France Petit aux Jeux Olympiques de Munich". Le Courrier du Pays de Retz. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Raymond Argentin n'est plus". Canal Blog. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "Avis de Décès de Raymond Argentin". Retrieved 23 October 2022.
External links[edit]