Paul Chocque (14 July 1910 – 4 September 1949) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won a silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in team pursuit event.[1]
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| Full name | Paul Chocque | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 July 1910 Meudon, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 September 1949 (aged 39) Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road/cyclo-cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 1934 Chocque traveled to Australia with Fernand Mithouard to compete in the Centenary 1000, one week road bicycle race over seven stages covering 1,102 miles (1,773 km). The race was run in as part of the celebrations of the Centenary of Victoria.[2] Nino Borsari a member of the Italian gold medal winning team pursuit at the 1932 Summer Olympics also competed. Chocque was in the lead at the Ballarat sprint in stage 3 when he was struck, causing him to crash, breaking his collarbone, forcing him to abandon.[3]
Chocque performed as a professional for numerous teams from 1933 to 1949. He finished seventh and claimed two stage victories in the 1937 Tour de France, his second appearance. He also had a number of successful finishes in historic road races, including the 1936 Bordeaux-Paris victory and the 1937 Paris-Tours fourth-place finish. Chocque won the cyclo-cross French championship in 1936 and 1938. After falling during a motorized race at Paris' Parc des Princes, he died aged 39.[4]
Major results
edit- 1932
1932 Summer Olympics, Team pursuit- 1933
- Circuit des Deux-Sèvres
- GP Wolber
- Circuit de Paris
- Critérium International
- Critérium National de la Route
- Mont Valérien
France national cyclo-cross championship- Bordeaux–Paris
- 1936
- Critérium International
- 1937
- Derby de St Germain
- Fourmies
- Tour de France:
- Winner stages 16 and 18B
- 7th place overall classification
- 1938
- France national cyclo-cross championship
References
edit- ^ "Paul Chocque Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ "Great cycle road race for centenary". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 – 1954). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 11 April 1934. p. 10.
- ^ "Chocque in bad smash". The Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 24 October 1934. p. 13.
- ^ "Paul CHOCQUE Biography, Olympic Medals, Records, and Age". Olympics.
External links
edit- Paul Chocque at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Official Tour de France results for Paul Chocque
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