Calixte Delmas
French wrestler
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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.[1]
Born18 January 1906
Perpignan, France
Perpignan, France
Died5 April 1927 (aged 21)
Joinville-le-Pont, France
Joinville-le-Pont, France
| Calixte Delmas | |
|---|---|
Delmas in 1927 | |
| Born | 18 January 1906 Perpignan, France |
| Died | 5 April 1927 (aged 21) Joinville-le-Pont, France |
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.[2][1]
He died from an accident at the military school in Joinville-le-Pont.[3] He fell from a human pyramid and broke his neck.[2]
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).[2]
