He placed second in the 10,000 metres at the 1969 european championships tagg competed in the 10,000 metres at the 1968 summer olympics in mexico city, placing th. Alain mimoun wird in frankreich ewig als legendarer sportler in erinnerung bleiben. Alain mimoun, who has died aged 92, was a longdistance runner of exceptional talent, a medallist at three successive olympic games, and perhaps the most inspirational french athlete of. Alain mimoun was a frenchalgerian distance runner who captured international affection, and olympic gold, during his long rivalry and friendship with emil zatopek. In 1952, mimoun again came second in the 10,000m and. Michael john mike tagg born november 1946, east runton is a british former longdistance runner. Alain mimoun 1 january 1921 27 june 20 was an algerianborn french longdistance runner who competed in track events, crosscountry running and the. At the 1969 european championships in athens he won silver in the same event in 28. Stade alain mimoun 1 rue rabelais issy les moulineaux. Alain mimoun, champion olympique du marathon en 1956, est mort jeudi soir a son domicile en. A28 autoroute, adolphe masselot, agnes of jesus religious, airan, alain mimoun, albert robida, alexisarmand charost. Lisieux is a commune in the calvados department in the normandy region in northwestern france. He is the most medalled french athletics sportsperson in history. Imdb everywhere find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your watchlist and rate your favorite movies and tv shows on your phone or tablet.
Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Mimoun spent most of his career in the shadow of one phenomenal competitor, emil zatopek of. Born in algeria 1 january 1921, which was then a part of france, mimoun was the eldest of seven children in a family of farmers. The destiny of ali mimoun paperback october 30, 2011 by pat butcher author. A 1947 photograph of french runner alain mimoun at the. Alain mimoun was an algerianborn french longdistance runner who competed in track events, crosscountry running and the marathon. Most popular movies and tv shows with alain mimoun imdb. The final 400 meters contain all the drama that an olympic race can offer. Media in category 1948 summer olympics medal winners the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Athletics at the 1956 summer olympics mens marathon. December 1 the day mimouns marathon quest for olympic gold. Imdbs advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database.
Alain mimoun algerianborn french distance runner britannica. Frances alain mimoun won three olympic silvers behind emil zatopek at the 1948 and 1952 games but in the marathon at the 1956. Alain mimoun, ali mimoun ould kacha, algerianborn french distance runner born jan. He represented his country in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1964 summer olympics. List of french people of maghrebi origin wikipedia. When the olympic torch, en route to grenoble, arrived in paris from mount olympus, greece, on tuesday, it was alain mimoun, olympic marathon winner at melbourne in 1956, who made the first lap from orly airport. A documentary about french marathon runner alain mimoun at the 1956 olympic games in melbourne. Licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of sony classical. Alain afflelou, alain afflelou sa is one of the leading optical retailers in france. Emil zatopek, who in eight miraculous days in helsinki in 1952 won an unprecedented, nevertoberepeated clean sweep of olympic. Jeanne benameur, writer, tunisian father and italian mother. Algerianborn alain mimoun first represented france at the 1948 olympic games. A 1947 photograph of french runner alain mimoun at the jean bouin stadium.
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