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Eugène Balme

1874 - 1914

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Eugène Jean François Balme (22 November 1874 – 24 February 1914) was a French sport shooter who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and 1908 Summer Olympics in London. In 1900 at Paris he won the bronze medal in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event. Eight years later at London he won another bronze medal in the team free rifle event and was fourth in team military rifle event. He was born in Oullins and died in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugène Balme is the 693rd most popular athlete (down from 496th in 2019), the 4,275th most popular biography from France (down from 4,253rd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Eugène Balme ranks 693 out of 6,025Before him are Luciano Sušanj, Ian Stewart, Harald Tammer, Tommy Hampson, Marita Lange, and Martin Sheridan. After him are Henri Tauzin, Noboru Terada, Pino Dordoni, Doug Rogers, Géo André, and Guy Butler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Eugène Balme ranks 179Before him are Arthur Meighen, Henri Deloge, Ernst Streeruwitz, Albert Capellani, Akaki Chkhenkeli, and Hermann Wilker. After him are Teresa Feoderovna Ries, Charles William Miller, José de Amézola y Aspizúa, Steve Bloomer, Jan Černý, and Hjalmar Johansson. Among people deceased in 1914, Eugène Balme ranks 111Before him are Jean Bouin, Carl Goßler, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Edward Robert Hughes, Georgy Sedov, and Ernst Stadler. After him are Anselmo Lorenzo, Eugenio Montero Ríos, Paul Déroulède, Tor Aulin, John Philip Holland, and Edward S. Holden.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eugène Balme ranks 4,275 out of 6,770Before him are Manuel Ferrara (1975), Françoise Rosay (1891), Émile Blanchard (1819), Ernst Stadler (1883), Armand Blanchonnet (1903), and Daniel Marot (1661). After him are Henri Tauzin (1879), Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville (1799), Albert Auguste Perdonnet (1801), Noël Roquevert (1892), Géo André (1889), and Henri Hérouin (1876).

Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Eugène Balme ranks 33Before him are Jean Cau (1875), Jean Bouin (1888), André Gaudin (1874), Henri Deloge (1874), Colette Besson (1946), and Jacqueline Mazéas (1920). After him are Henri Tauzin (1879), Géo André (1889), Henri Hérouin (1876), Jacques Sautereau (1860), Jacques Noël (1920), and René Barbier (1891).