Alain Mimoun
(1921-2013)
Algerian-born French long-distance runner
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Alain Mimoun, born Ali Mimoun Ould Kacha (1 January 1921 – 27 June 2013) was an Algerian-born French long-distance runner who competed in track events, cross-country running and the marathon. He was the 1956 Olympic champion in the marathon. He is the most bemedalled French athletics sportsperson in history. In 1999, readers of the French athletics magazine Athlétisme Magazine voted him as the “French Athlete of the 20th Century”.
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1 January 1921 Telagh, French Algeria
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27 June 2013 (aged 92) Saint-Mandé, France
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| Zodiac | Capricorn |
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