Flameng competed in four cycling track events at the 1896 Summer Olympics. On 8 April 1896, he competed in the 100 km race, which was 300 laps of the Neo Phaliron Velodrome. Of the nine starters, only two finished, with Flameng winning the gold medal 11 laps ahead of second place Georgios Kolettis from Greece.[3] Two days later, he competed in three more events. He won a silver medal in the 10 km race, finishing just behind fellow countryman Paul Masson.[4] He won the bronze medal in the sprint race, which was six laps around the Velodrome.[5] He finished in joint fifth place in the time trial.[6]
Pilot
In 1898 he joined the 8th Infantry Division (France) to do his National Service. He then joined the French Air Force in 1914 as an observer, before becoming a military pilot in 1916.[7] On 21 June 1916, while on a mission on Verdun, his plane was hit, and, although he was hit in the head with a bullet and his crew killed, he still managed to get his plane back to base. After being hospitalised, he returned to his squadron and was promoted to sergeant before transferring to the Group of Training Division. On 12 January 1917, while trialing a new Sopwith biplane near Ève, Oise, there was a technical incident forcing the plane to crash to the ground killing Flameng.[8]
léon, flameng, marie, april, 1877, january, 1917, french, cyclist, world, pilot, competed, 1896, summer, olympics, athens, winning, three, medals, including, gold, flameng, athens, 1896, summer, olympicsmedal, recordrepresenting, francemen, track, cyclingolymp. Marie Leon Flameng 30 April 1877 2 January 1917 was a French cyclist and a World War I pilot 1 He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens winning three medals including one gold 2 Leon Flameng Flameng at Athens 1896 Summer OlympicsMedal recordRepresenting FranceMen s track cyclingOlympic Games1896 Athens 100 kilometres1896 Athens 10 kilometres1896 Athens 2 kilometres sprint Contents 1 Olympics 2 Pilot 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksOlympics EditFlameng competed in four cycling track events at the 1896 Summer Olympics On 8 April 1896 he competed in the 100 km race which was 300 laps of the Neo Phaliron Velodrome Of the nine starters only two finished with Flameng winning the gold medal 11 laps ahead of second place Georgios Kolettis from Greece 3 Two days later he competed in three more events He won a silver medal in the 10 km race finishing just behind fellow countryman Paul Masson 4 He won the bronze medal in the sprint race which was six laps around the Velodrome 5 He finished in joint fifth place in the time trial 6 Pilot EditIn 1898 he joined the 8th Infantry Division France to do his National Service He then joined the French Air Force in 1914 as an observer before becoming a military pilot in 1916 7 On 21 June 1916 while on a mission on Verdun his plane was hit and although he was hit in the head with a bullet and his crew killed he still managed to get his plane back to base After being hospitalised he returned to his squadron and was promoted to sergeant before transferring to the Group of Training Division On 12 January 1917 while trialing a new Sopwith biplane near Eve Oise there was a technical incident forcing the plane to crash to the ground killing Flameng 8 See also EditList of Olympians killed in World War IReferences Edit Leon Flameng Olympedia Retrieved 21 December 2020 Leon Flameng Olympic Results sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 1 May 2013 Cycling at the 1896 Athina Summer Games Men s 100 kilometres Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 1 April 2017 Cycling at the 1896 Athina Summer Games Men s 10 000 metres Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 1 April 2017 Cycling at the 1896 Athina Summer Games Men s Sprint Olympics at Sport Reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 1 April 2017 Cycling at the 1896 Athina Summer Games Men s 333 metres Time Trial Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 1 April 2017 L escadrille 25 albindenis free fr Retrieved 1 April 2017 French Sportsmen in combat during Great War camps parachutist org Archived from the original on 20 September 2017 Retrieved 1 April 2017 External links EditLeon Flameng at Cycling Archives Leon Flameng at Olympics com Leon Flameng at Olympedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leon Flameng amp oldid 1071244905, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
