Roger Rochard
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Nationality | French | |||||||||||
Born | Évreux, France | 20 April 1913|||||||||||
Died | 24 February 1993[1] | (aged 79)|||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | 5000 metres | |||||||||||
Club | Évreux AC | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best | 5000 m – 14:36.8 (1934)[2][3] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Roger Rochard (20 April 1913 – 24 February 1993) was a French
Career
As an 18-year-old, Rochard surprisingly won the 5000 m in the 1931 national dual meet between France and Britain, running 15:11.8.[4] Later that summer, he also won in a dual meet against Germany, this time running 15:03.6.[5] His best time that year was 15:01.6, which he ran in Paris on 25 October,[3] but in that race he was defeated by Poland's Janusz Kusociński, who went on to win Olympic gold at 10,000 metres.[6]
In 1932 Rochard broke 15 minutes for the first time, running 14:56.8;
At the
Rochard returned to the Olympics in Berlin in 1936; he again took part in the 5000 m, but was eliminated in the heats.[2] He attempted to defend his European title at the 1938 Championships in Paris, but only placed eighth.[10]
References
- ^ Dupuy, Gérard (20 May 2017). "Les Jeux Olympiques" (PDF). French Athletics Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b c Roger Rochard. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b c "Roger Rochard". Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ "Inglise-Prantsuse kergejõustiku maavõistlus 67:53". Eesti Spordileht (in Estonian). 14 August 1931. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ "Saksa võitis Prantsuse 89:62". Eesti Spordileht (in Estonian). 8 September 1931. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ "Kusocinsky võit Pariisis". Eesti Spordileht (in Estonian). 10 November 1931. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö.
- ^ "Osa 1, Torino 1934: Järvisestä historiallinen mestari" (in Finnish). Yleisurheilun Kuvalehti. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ Dupuy, Gérard (12 August 2014). "Zurich 2014... et avant ?" (in French). Commission de la Documentation et de l'Histoire. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ European Athletics. Retrieved 27 December 2014.