Armand Blanchonnet

Armand Blanchonnet
	Blanchonnet in 1931
Personal information
Nickname	Le phénomène / King-Kong
Born	23 December 1903; Gipcy, Allier, France
Died	17 September 1968 (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
World Championships

NicknameLe phénomène / King-Kong

Born23 December 1903
Gipcy, Allier, France

Died17 September 1968 (aged 64)
Cernay-la-Ville, Yvelines, France

Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Armand Blanchonnet (French pronunciation: [aʁmɑ̃ blɑ̃ʃɔnɛ]; 23 December 1903 – 17 September 1968) was a French cyclist and Olympic Champion.^[1] He won the gold medal at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, in the Individual Time Trial.^[2] He also won the gold medal in the Team Road Race with the French winning team.^[3]

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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)

Armand Blanchonnet

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