Émile Friol
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Full name | Émile Louis Friol | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1881-03-09)9 March 1881 Lyon, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 November 1916(1916-11-16) (aged 35) Amiens, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Émile Louis Friol (9 March 1881 – 16 November 1916) was a French track cyclist.[1] He won the sprint event at the 1907 and the 1910 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in addition to a bronze medal in 1906. He also won the European sprint championships in 1907 and 1910 and the French national sprint championships five times: in 1904, 1906, 1907, 1910 and 1913. Other notable victories of his include the Grand Prix de Paris in 1905, 1907, 1909 and 1910, the Grand Prix de Reims [de] in 1907 and 1910, the Grand Prix de l'UVF in 1908, 1910 and 1911 and the 1910 Grand Prix de Buffalo [fr].[2]
In 1916 Friol died during his service as a soldier in the First World War on the Western Front after being hit by a bomb while driving a motorcycle.
References
External links
- Émile Friol at Cycling Archives
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Robert Protin (BEL)
- 1896:
Paul Bourillon (FRA)
- 1897:
Willy Arend (GER)
- 1898:
George A. Banker (USA)
- 1899:
Marshall Taylor (USA)
- 1900:
Edmond Jacquelin (FRA)
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Thorvald Ellegaard (DEN)
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Thorvald Ellegaard (DEN)
- 1903:
Thorvald Ellegaard (DEN)
- 1904:
Iver Lawson (USA)
- 1905:
Gabriel Poulain (FRA)
- 1906:
Thorvald Ellegaard (DEN)
- 1907:
Émile Friol (FRA)
- 1908:
Thorvald Ellegaard (DEN)
- 1909:
Victor Dupré (FRA)
- 1910:
Émile Friol (FRA)
- 1911:
Thorvald Ellegaard (DEN)
- 1912:
Frank Louis Kramer (USA)
- 1913:
Walter Rütt (GER)
- 1920:
Bob Spears (AUS)
- 1921:
Piet Moeskops (NED)
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Piet Moeskops (NED)
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Piet Moeskops (NED)
- 1924:
Piet Moeskops (NED)
- 1925:
Ernst Kaufmann (SUI)
- 1926:
Piet Moeskops (NED)
- 1927:
Lucien Michard (FRA)
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Lucien Michard (FRA)
- 1929:
Lucien Michard (FRA)
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Lucien Michard (FRA)
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Willy Hansen (DEN)
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Jef Scherens (BEL)
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Jef Scherens (BEL)
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Jef Scherens (BEL)
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Jef Scherens (BEL)
- 1936:
Jef Scherens (BEL)
- 1937:
Jef Scherens (BEL)
- 1938:
Arie van Vliet (NED)
- 1939: Medal not awarded
- 1946:
Jan Derksen (NED)
- 1947:
Jef Scherens (BEL)
- 1948:
Arie van Vliet (NED)
- 1949:
Reg Harris (GBR)
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Reg Harris (GBR)
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Reg Harris (GBR)
- 1952:
Oscar Plattner (SUI)
- 1953:
Arie van Vliet (NED)
- 1954:
Reg Harris (GBR)
- 1955:
Antonio Maspes (ITA)
- 1956:
Antonio Maspes (ITA)
- 1957:
Jan Derksen (NED)
- 1958:
Michel Rousseau (FRA)
- 1959:
Antonio Maspes (ITA)
- 1960:
Antonio Maspes (ITA)
- 1961:
Antonio Maspes (ITA)
- 1962:
Antonio Maspes (ITA)
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Sante Gaiardoni (ITA)
- 1964:
Antonio Maspes (ITA)
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Giuseppe Beghetto (ITA)
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Giuseppe Beghetto (ITA)
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Patrick Sercu (BEL)
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Giuseppe Beghetto (ITA)
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Patrick Sercu (BEL)
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Gordon Johnson (AUS)
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Leijn Loevesijn (NED)
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Robert Van Lancker (BEL)
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Robert Van Lancker (BEL)
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Peder Pedersen (DEN)
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John Nicholson (AUS)
- 1976:
John Nicholson (AUS)
- 1977:
Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1978:
Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1979:
Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1980:
Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1981:
Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1982:
Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1983:
Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1984:
Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1985:
Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1986:
Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1987:
Nobuyuki Tawara (JAP)
- 1988:
Stephen Pate (AUS)
- 1989:
Claudio Golinelli (ITA)
- 1990:
Michael Hübner (GDR)
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Carey HallMedal not awarded - 1992:
Michael Hübner (GER)
- 1993:
Gary Neiwand (AUS)
- 1994:
Marty Nothstein (USA)
- 1995:
Darryn Hill (AUS)
- 1996:
Florian Rousseau (FRA)
- 1997:
Florian Rousseau (FRA)
- 1998:
Florian Rousseau (FRA)
- 1999:
Laurent Gané (FRA)
- 2000:
Jan van Eijden (GER)
- 2001:
Arnaud Tournant (FRA)
- 2002:
Sean Eadie (AUS)
- 2003:
Laurent Gané (FRA)
- 2004:
Theo Bos (NED)
- 2005:
René Wolff (GER)
- 2006:
Theo Bos (NED)
- 2007:
Theo Bos (NED)
- 2008:
Chris Hoy (GBR)
- 2009:
Grégory Baugé (FRA)
- 2010:
Grégory Baugé (FRA)
- 2011:
Jason Kenny (GBR)
- 2012:
Grégory Baugé (FRA)
- 2013:
Stefan Bötticher (GER)
- 2014:
François Pervis (FRA)
- 2015:
Grégory Baugé (FRA)
- 2016:
Jason Kenny (GBR)
- 2017:
Denis Dmitriev (RUS)
- 2018:
Matthew Glaetzer (AUS)
- 2019:
Harrie Lavreysen (NED)
- 2020:
Harrie Lavreysen (NED)
- 2021:
Harrie Lavreysen (NED)
- 2022:
Harrie Lavreysen (NED)
- 2023:
Harrie Lavreysen (NED)
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