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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. He also competed in a number of other shooting competitions including the Free Rifle standing and kneeling competitions, where he finished 17th place in each, and in the Free Rifle (prone) competition where he narrowly missed the bronze medal, finishing fourth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Moreaux has received more than 16,220 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Moreaux is the 1,280th most popular athlete, the 4,689th most popular biography from France and the 77th most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Léon Moreaux ranks 1,280 out of 3,059Before him are Tatyana Lebedeva, Tom Price, Rinnat Safin, Takao Sakurai, Antonina Lazareva, and Józef Grudzień. After him are Kevin Young, George Finnegan, Dorothy Poynton-Hill, Catherine Hardy Lavender, Mário de Noronha, and Nikolai Puchkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Léon Moreaux ranks 109Before him are Joaquín Sánchez de Toca, Charles Kent, Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez, Kristján Jónsson, J. Alden Weir, and Eugène Mougin. After him are Máximo Tajes, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, and Alton B. Parker. Among people deceased in 1921, Léon Moreaux ranks 119Before him are Julius von Hann, Émile Champion, Charles B. Cory, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, E. W. Hornung, and James Gibbons. After him are Emily Davies, John Burroughs, and Con Leahy.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Moreaux ranks 4,689 out of 6,011Before him are Roger Beaufrand (1908), Mike Sparken (1930), Louise Bourgoin (1981), André Ayew (1989), Brian Joubert (1984), and Christian Noël (1945). After him are Isabelle Caro (1982), Cécile DeWitt-Morette (1922), Olivier Megaton (1965), Henri Hazebrouck (1877), Jean-Pierre Haigneré (1948), and Bernard Casoni (1961).

Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Léon Moreaux ranks 77Before him are Achille Paroche (1868), Maurice Larrouy (1872), Noël Vandernotte (1923), Henri Eberhardt (1913), Eugène Mougin (1852), and Roger Beaufrand (1908). After him are Henri Hazebrouck (1877), Roger Gautier (1922), Henri Dulieux (1897), Gaston Mercier (1932), René Bougnol (1911), and Auguste Serrurier (1857).