Marco Torrès

Marco Torrès (22 January 1888 – 15 January 1963), born in Sidi Bel Abbès, French Algeria, was a French gymnast who competed in two Summer Olympic Games^[1] - the 1912 Summer Olympics, where he finished seventh in the individual all-around competition and in the 1920 Summer Olympics, where he placed 2nd in the all-around and helped his team to a bronze medal.

Born(1888-01-22)22 January 1888

Sidi Bel Abbès, French Algeria

Died15 January 1963(1963-01-15) (aged 74)

DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics

Country
represented France

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Marco Torrès
Personal information
Born	(1888-01-22)22 January 1888 Sidi Bel Abbès, French Algeria
Died	15 January 1963(1963-01-15) (aged 74)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	France
Medal record Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp Men's all-around 1920 Antwerp Team, European system World Championships 1909 Luxembourg Team 1909 Luxembourg All-around 1909 Luxembourg Rings 1913 Paris All-Around 1913 Paris Rings 1913 Paris Horizontal bar 1909 Luxembourg Parallel Bars 1911 Turin Horizontal Bar 1913 Paris Team 1913 Paris Pommel Horse 1922 Ljubljana Team

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He also had tremendous success at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where he led his French team to victory in 1909. Marco Torres is officially recognized by both the FIG^[2] (the official governing body of the sport of Artistic Gymnastics) and USAG^[3] (the official governing body of the sport of Artistic gymnastics within the USA) as both the 1909 and 1913 World All-Around Champion in the sport of Artistic gymnastics.

Torres was one of the few pre-World War I gymnasts who continued to compete (successfully) after the war.