ATHLETE

Léon Moreaux

1852 - 1921

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Léon Ernest Moreaux (10 March 1852 in Féron – 11 November 1921 in Rennes) was a French sports shooter and Olympian who competed in pistol and rifle shooting in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Having taken up the sport of shooting earlier in the 19th century, at the age of 38 he prepared himself for competition in the 1900 Olympic Games, which were held in Paris in his home country. He participated in shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the 25 metre firearm and in the Military Revolver Teams 50m for France and won another silver medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Moreaux has received more than 19,278 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Moreaux is the 1,563rd most popular athlete (down from 1,279th in 2019), the 5,048th most popular biography from France (down from 4,670th in 2019) and the 89th most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Léon Moreaux ranks 1,563 out of 6,025. Before him are Klaus Reichert, Sandra Perković, Butch Reynolds, William Dickey, Mór Kóczán, and Herbert Adamski. After him are Stan Vickers, Rita Achkina, Frank Waller, Lou Jones, Gianni Bonichon, and Brahim Boutayeb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Léon Moreaux ranks 121. Before him are Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez, Gérard Cooreman, Charles Kent, Máximo Tajes, Anna Whitlock, and J. Alden Weir. After him are Walter W. Winans, Alton B. Parker, and Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Among people deceased in 1921, Léon Moreaux ranks 124. Before him are Isak Saba, Philander C. Knox, Julius von Hann, Justiniano Borgoño, Emily Davies, and Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten. After him are Antoinette Brown Blackwell, E. W. Hornung, Raymond Thorne, Henry Hyndman, Mary Watson Whitney, and P. B. S. Pinchback.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Moreaux ranks 5,048 out of 6,770. Before him are René Benjamin (1885), Danièle Sallenave (1940), Sébastien Izambard (1973), Anne Consigny (1963), Jeannette Campbell (1916), and Marc Berdoll (1953). After him are Pascal Fabre (1960), Guy Lacombe (1955), Henri Emmanuelli (1945), René Vautier (1928), Daniel Xuereb (1959), and Eddy Ottoz (1944).

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Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Léon Moreaux ranks 89. Before him are Paul Bontemps (1902), Louis Hostin (1908), Émile Wegelin (1875), Raoul Paoli (1887), Jean-Guy Gautier (1875), and Jean Boiteux (1933). After him are Eddy Ottoz (1944), Noël Vandernotte (1923), Charles Perrin (1875), René Lorain (1900), André Jousseaume (1894), and Bernard Malivoire (1938).

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