Paul Lagarde

For the German polymath, see Paul de Lagarde.

Paul Lagarde
Lagarde in 1921
Personal information
Born15 April 1891
Died7 February 1964
Sport
SportAthletics
EventPole vault
ClubCA Bèglais
Achievements and titles
Personal best3.60 m – (1920)[1][2]

Paul Lagarde (born 15 April 1891 - 7 February 1964) was a French pole vaulter, who comepted at the Olympic Games.[3]

Biography

Lagarde finished second behind Kálmán Szathmáry in the pole jump event at the 1910 AAA Championships[4][5] and repeated the feat the following year at the 1911 AAA Championships, when he finished second again, this time behind Robert Pasemann.[6][7][8]

Lagarde competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in the pole jump and finished 11th.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Paul Lagarde. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Paul Lagarde. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. ^ "Paul Lagarde". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Athletics". Evening Star. 3 July 1910. Retrieved 1 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "AAA Championships". The Scotsman. 4 July 1910. Retrieved 1 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Amateur Athletic Championship". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 3 July 1911. Retrieved 1 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "AAA Champions". Sporting Life. 3 July 1911. Retrieved 1 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 1 November 2024.


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