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French athlete and gymnast (1872–1942)
Adolphe Grisel
Grisel in 1896
Personal information
Born9 December 1872
Paris, France
Died13 December 1942(1942-12-13) (aged 70)
Saint-Quentin, Aisne, German-occupied France
Sport
SportAthletics, gymnastics

Adolphe Jules Grisel (9 December 1872 – 13 December 1942) was a French athlete and gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

From 1895, Grisel was affiliated to the Racing Club de France. He was the French National long jump champion in 1896, with a jump of 6.23 metres, and the runner-up in 1893, 1895 and 1898; he placed third in the sport in 1894. He was also the runner-up in the 400 metre hurdles in the French national championship in 1895.

At the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Grisel competed in five different events, four in athletics and one in gymnastics. On April 6, he came fourth out of five in his heat in the 100 metres and so failed to qualify for the finals. In the 400 metres, his failure to place in the top two in his heat again disqualified him from progressing further. He also competed in the discus: there is no no record of the distance that he threw, but he was not among the top four of the nine participants in the competition.

On April 7, Grisel returned to the Panathenaic Stadium to compete in the long jump. Again there is no official record of his result, but unofficial reports say that he jumped 5.83 metres and finished in fifth place.

After a two day break, Grisel competed in the parallel bars gymnastica event;, Alfred Flatow (gold) and Louis Zutter (silver) were the only athletes awarded medals, and there is no official record of the results achieved by the other sixteen gymnasts involved. Grisel concluded his participation in the Games by supporting his compatriot Albin Lermusiaux, accomanying Lermusiaux on a bicycle as he competed in the marathon.

References

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  9. "Gymnastics at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Parallel Bars". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  10. "1896: Athens: The legend Spiridon". marathoninfo.free.fr. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

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