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French cyclist

Armand Blanchonnet

Blanchonnet in 1931

Personal information

Nickname

Le phénomène / King-Kong

Born

23 December 1903 (1903-12-23)
Gipcy, Allier, France

Died

17 September 1968 (1968-09-18) (aged 64)
Cernay-la-Ville, Yvelines, France

Height

182 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

78 kg (172 lb)

Medal record

Men's road bicycle racing

Representing France
Olympic Games
	1924 Paris	Individual time trial
	1924 Paris	Team time trial
World Championships
	1924 Paris	Amateur's road race

Armand Blanchonnet (French pronunciation: [aʁmɑ̃ blɑ̃ʃɔnɛ]; 23 December 1903 – 17 September 1968) was a French cyclist and Olympic Champion. He won the gold medal at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, in the Individual Time Trial. He also won the gold medal in the Team Road Race with the French winning team.

References

"Armand Blanchonnet". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
"Armand Blanchonnet". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Armand Blanchonnet". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.

External links

Armand Blanchonnet at Cycling Archives (archived)
Armand Blanchonnet at ProCyclingStats
Armand Blanchonnet at Olympics.com
Armand Blanchonnet at Olympedia

v t e Olympic Cycling Champions in Men's Individual Time Trial
1912: Rudolph Lewis (RSA) 1920: Harry Stenqvist (SWE) 1924: Armand Blanchonnet (FRA) 1928: Henry Hansen (DEN) 1932: Attilio Pavesi (ITA) 1996: Miguel Induráin (ESP) 2000: Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) 2004: Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) 2008: Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 2012: Bradley Wiggins (GBR) 2016: Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 2020: Primož Roglič (SLO) 2024: Remco Evenepoel (BEL)

v t e French National Road Race Champions (men)
1900–1919	Gustave Garrigou (1907–1908) Jean Alavoine (1909) Émile Georget (1910) Octave Lapize (1911–1913) Charles Crupelandt (1914) Henri Pélissier (1919)
1920–1939	Jean Alavoine (1920) Francis Pélissier (1921) Jean Brunier (1922) Francis Pélissier (1923–1924) Achille Souchard (1925–1926) Ferdinand Le Drogo (1927–1928) Marcel Bidot (1929) Roger Bisseron (1930) Armand Blanchonnet (1931) André Godinat (1932) Roger Lapébie (1933) Raymond Louviot (1934) Georges Speicher (1935) René Le Grevès (1936) Georges Speicher (1937) Paul Maye (1938) Georges Speicher (1939)
1940–1959	René Vietto (1941) Émile Idée (1942) Paul Maye (1943) Urbain Caffi (1944) Eloi Tassin (1945) Louis Caput (1946) Émile Idée (1947) César Marcelak (1948) Jean Rey (1949) Louison Bobet (1950–1951) Adolphe Deledda (1952) Raphaël Géminiani (1953) Jacques Dupont (1954) André Darrigade (1955) Bernard Gauthier (1956) Valentin Huot (1957–1958) Henry Anglade (1959)
1960–1979	Jean Stablinski (1960) Raymond Poulidor (1961) Jean Stablinski (1962–1964) Henry Anglade (1965) Jean-Claude Theillière (1966) Désiré Letort (1967) Lucien Aimar (1968) Raymond Delisle (1969) Paul Gutty (1970) Yves Hézard (1971) Roland Berland (1972) Bernard Thévenet (1973) Georges Talbourdet (1974) Régis Ovion (1975) Guy Sibille (1976) Marcel Tinazzi (1977) Bernard Hinault (1978) Roland Berland (1979)
1980–1999	Pierre-Raymond Villemiane (1980) Serge Beucherie (1981) Régis Clère (1982) Marc Gomez (1983) Laurent Fignon (1984) Jean-Claude Leclercq (1985) Yvon Madiot (1986) Marc Madiot (1987) Éric Caritoux (1988–1989) Philippe Louviot (1990) Armand de Las Cuevas (1991) Luc Leblanc (1992) Jacky Durand (1993–1994) Eddy Seigneur (1995) Stéphane Heulot (1996) Stéphane Barthe (1997) Laurent Jalabert (1998) François Simon (1999)
2000–2019	Christophe Capelle (2000) Didier Rous (2001) Nicolas Vogondy (2002) Didier Rous (2003) Thomas Voeckler (2004) Pierrick Fédrigo (2005) Florent Brard (2006) Christophe Moreau (2007) Nicolas Vogondy (2008) Dimitri Champion (2009) Thomas Voeckler (2010) Sylvain Chavanel (2011) Nacer Bouhanni (2012) Arthur Vichot (2013) Arnaud Démare (2014) Steven Tronet (2015) Arthur Vichot (2016) Arnaud Démare (2017) Anthony Roux (2018) Warren Barguil (2019)
2020–2039	Arnaud Démare (2020) Rémi Cavagna (2021) Florian Sénéchal (2022) Valentin Madouas (2023) Paul Lapeira (2024)

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