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Maurice Schilles

1888 - 1950

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Maurice Auguste Schilles (25 February 1888 – 20 December 1957) was a French track cyclist. At the 1908 Olympics he won a gold medal in the tandem, together with André Auffray, and a silver in the 5000 m event. He also competed in the sprint; in the final, the time limit was exceeded, resulting in the race being declared void and no medals being awarded. According to the official report, he won the race by inches. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Schilles is the 1,552nd most popular athlete (down from 1,178th in 2019), the 4,882nd most popular biography from France (down from 4,821st in 2019) and the 94th most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Maurice Schilles ranks 1,552 out of 6,025. Before him are Charles Grimes, Yuriy Lituyev, Ilona Gusenbauer, Maria Kwaśniewska, Péter Baczakó, and Toimi Alatalo. After him are Heinz Fütterer, Marcel Lambert, Ross Taylor, Árpád Bárány, George Cornet, and Irina Kirichenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Maurice Schilles ranks 236. Before him are Boris Verlinsky, Andreas Cervin, Bob Glendenning, Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, Nils Dardel, and Eduardo Santos. After him are Robert Moses, Natalena Koroleva, Daniel Norling, Donduk Kuular, Alvah Meyer, and Alfred Braun. Among people deceased in 1950, Maurice Schilles ranks 180. Before him are Arthur L. Newton, Lothrop Stoddard, Giuseppe Crivelli, Henryk Grossman, Guðjón Samúelsson, and Hanns Kräly. After him are Enrico Mizzi, Joe Fry, Riccardo Nowak, Jaroslav Kvapil, Pierre Prüm, and Hubert Stevens.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Schilles ranks 4,882 out of 6,770. Before him are Christian de Chalonge (1937), Arnaud Desplechin (1960), Muriel Casals i Couturier (1945), Lilyan Chauvin (1925), Daniel Schneidermann (1958), and Henri Padé (1863). After him are Marcel Lambert (1876), Delphine de Vigan (1966), Marielle de Sarnez (1951), Nicole Marthe Le Douarin (1930), Jean-Pierre Haigneré (1948), and Roger Rio (1913).

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Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Maurice Schilles ranks 94. Before him are Henri Lepage (1908), Maurice Vignerot (1879), Raphaël Poirée (1974), Jacques Cariou (1870), Émile Wegelin (1875), and Georges Gandil (1926). After him are Marcel Lambert (1876), Henri Eberhardt (1913), Jean-Jacques Guissart (1927), Jean Boiteux (1933), Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola (1920), and René Lorain (1900).

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