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1924 Rigoulot Olympic RPPC French Team GOLD Weightlifting Postcard Paris AN Rare
Olympic Games 1924
Jeux Olympiques De 1924 Poids &Halteres
Original Real Picture Post Card (RPPC)
Caption: Champion Olympique. Poids mi-lourds
French Team: Rigoulot
Charles Jean Rigoulot (3 November 1903 – 22 August 1962) was a French weightlifter, professional wrestler, racing driver, and actor.
Rigoulot was born in Le Vesinet, France and began to train with weights as a child. He was observed by weight trainer Jean Dame lifting heavy lithograph stones when Rigoulot was 16-years-old and Dame began to train and coach the teenager.During World War II he was imprisoned after hitting a Nazi officer.
Weightlifting and strongman career
As a weightlifter he won the gold medal in the 82.5 kg division at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Between 1923 and 1926 he set eight official world records.
In 1924, he became the first person to clean and jerk more than 400 pounds, using the non-revolving barbells of that time. In 1928 he set two World Records; a clean and jerk of 360 lbs and a snatch of 253 lbs.
In 1930, he became the first person to complete an overhead lift of the Apollon Railway Car Wheels, an awkwardly-shaped 166 kg (366 lb) barbell-shaped set of train wheels used by the stage strongman Louis Uni, and the predecessor of "Apollon's Axle".
In 1932 Rigoulot turned professional and worked as a strongman in the circus, an actor and singer in the theater. As a professional wrestler.
Please see scans of the Post card, exact item. Normal natural age.
Jeux Olympiques De 1924 Poids &Halteres
Original Real Picture Post Card (RPPC)
Caption: Champion Olympique. Poids mi-lourds
French Team: Rigoulot
Charles Jean Rigoulot (3 November 1903 – 22 August 1962) was a French weightlifter, professional wrestler, racing driver, and actor.
Rigoulot was born in Le Vesinet, France and began to train with weights as a child. He was observed by weight trainer Jean Dame lifting heavy lithograph stones when Rigoulot was 16-years-old and Dame began to train and coach the teenager.During World War II he was imprisoned after hitting a Nazi officer.
Weightlifting and strongman career
As a weightlifter he won the gold medal in the 82.5 kg division at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Between 1923 and 1926 he set eight official world records.
In 1924, he became the first person to clean and jerk more than 400 pounds, using the non-revolving barbells of that time. In 1928 he set two World Records; a clean and jerk of 360 lbs and a snatch of 253 lbs.
In 1930, he became the first person to complete an overhead lift of the Apollon Railway Car Wheels, an awkwardly-shaped 166 kg (366 lb) barbell-shaped set of train wheels used by the stage strongman Louis Uni, and the predecessor of "Apollon's Axle".
In 1932 Rigoulot turned professional and worked as a strongman in the circus, an actor and singer in the theater. As a professional wrestler.
Please see scans of the Post card, exact item. Normal natural age.
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