Gaston Heuet (11 November 1892 – 18 January 1979) was a French long-distance runner, who comepted at the Olympic Games.[3]

Gaston Heuet
Gaston Heuet in 1922
Personal information
Born11 November 1892
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died18 January 1979 (aged 86)
Grandvilliers, Oise, France
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event1500–10,000 m
ClubMétropolitain Club Colombes;
VC Beauvais
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500 m – 4:08.0 (1919)
5000 m – 15:23.2 (1922)
10,000 m – 32:11.1 (1920)[1][2]
Medal record
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1924 Paris Cross country team

Career

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Heuet finished third behind Joe Blewitt in the 4 miles event at the British 1920 AAA Championships.[4][5][6]

Heuet won a bronze medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics in the cross country team event, together with Henri Lauvaux and Maurice Norland. He won another cross-country bronze medal at the 1919 Inter-Allied Games.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gaston Heuet Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Gaston Heuet. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. ^ "Gaston Heuet". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. ^ "The Athletic Championships". Weekly Dispatch (London). 4 July 1920. Retrieved 23 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Athletics". Newcastle Journal. 5 July 1920. Retrieved 23 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
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