Pierre Payssé

Pierre Payssé
Pierre Payssé on parallel bars in 1909
Personal information
Born	(1873-11-21)21 November 1873 Paris, France
Died	5 December 1938(1938-12-05) (aged 65)[1] Corbeil-Essonnes, France
Medal record Gymnastics Representing  FRA World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 1905 Bordeaux Team all-around 1903 Antwerp Horizontal bar 1905 Bordeaux Horizontal bar 1905 Bordeaux Parallel bars Intercalated Games 1906 Athens All-around, 5 events 1906 Athens All-around, 6 events

Pierre Edmond Payssé (21 November 1873 – 5 December 1938) was a French gymnast and teacher. He won two gold medals at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece, and later worked to increase participation in women's sports.

Gymnastics career

At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, Payssé competed in the Men's all-around gymnastic event, a 16-event competition that was the only gymnastics event at the Games. He finished fourth, behind fellow Frenchmen Gustave Sandras, Noël Bas and Lucien Démanet.^[2] At the 1903 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Payssé came joint second with Charles van Hulle [no] and Jules Lecoutre in the horizontal bar event.^[3] At the 1905 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Payssé was part of the French team that won the men's team all-around event. He came third in the individual horizontal bar and parallel bars events.^[3]

Payssé won both the Individual all-around, 5 events and Individual all-around, 6 events competitions at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.^[4] This made him one of only 16 people to win two or more gold medals at the Games.^[4] In the same year, Payssé became world champion at the horizontal bar event.^[5]

Teaching career

Payssé later worked as a teacher.