| Calixte Delmas | |
|---|---|
 Delmas in 1927 | |
| Born | (1906-01-18)18 January 1906 Perpignan, France |
| Died | 5 April 1927(1927-04-05) (aged 21) Joinville-le-Pont, France |
Calixte Delmas (18 January 1906 – 5 April 1927) was a French wrestler and rugby player. He competed in the freestyle featherweight event at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
In 1922, he was the wrestling champion of Paris and the Greco-Roman vice-champion of France at 15. In 1924 he was the national champion and the youngest participant at the 1924 Olympics in Paris, where he reached the quarter finals.
He died from an accident at the military school in Joinville-le-Pont. He fell from a human pyramid and broke his neck.
There is a statue of him by Raymond Sudre in the Cimetière Sud de Saint-Mandé (South Cemetery of Saint-Mandé, birth date wrong on the statue).
References
- ^ "Calixte Delmas Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ Adam (12 May 2016). "The sporting star who fell to earth". The sporting star who fell to earth ~ Invisible Paris. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- Alpra, Bob (27 March 2015). "jean-luc/alpra/bob: LUTTEURS...........de père en FILS ( 1886 / 2015 )". jean-luc/alpra/bob. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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