Ignace Heinrich

Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for France
	1948 London	Decathlon
European Championships
	1950 Brussels	Decathlon

Ignace Heinrich (31 July 1925 – 9 January 2003) was a French athlete who competed mainly in the decathlon. He was born in Ebersheim, Bas-Rhin, Alsace.

He competed for France in the decathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain, winning a silver medal. He died in Carnoux-en-Provence.

References

European champions in men's decathlon

1934: Hans-Heinrich Sievert (GER)
1938: Olle Bexell (SWE)
1946: Godtfred Holmvang (NOR)
1950: Ignace Heinrich (FRA)
1954–62: Vasili Kuznetsov (URS)
1966: Werner von Moltke (FRG)
1969–71: Joachim Kirst (GDR)
1974: Ryszard Skowronek (POL)
1978: Aleksandr Grebenyuk (URS)
1982–86: Daley Thompson (GBR)
1990: Christian Plaziat (FRA)
1994: Alain Blondel (FRA)
1998: Erki Nool (EST)
2002–06: Roman Šebrle (CZE)
2010: Romain Barras (FRA)
2012: Pascal Behrenbruch (GER)
2014: Andrei Krauchanka (BLR)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, January 10, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.