Léon Hourlier (16 September 1885 – 16 October 1915) was a French cyclist. He was born in Reims, France. He won the French national cycling championships in 1909, 1911 and 1914. He also won the Grand Prix de Paris in 1914. Both Hourlier and his brother-in-law and fellow cyclist Léon Comès enlisted in the French military during World War I. They died together in a military air accident at Saint-Etienne-au-Temple in the Champagne district in France.[1][2][3]
 Hourlier in 1913 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 16 September 1885 Reims, France | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 October 1915 (aged 30) Saint-Étienne-au-Temple, France | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
| Professional team | |||||||||||||||
| 1908–1914 | – | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Léon Hourlier. Cycling Archives.
- ^ Thames Star , Issue 14984, 3 January 1916, Page 2
- ^ Athletes Killed in European War. The Pittsburgh Press - Nov 10, 1915.
   | This biographical article related to a French cycling person born in the 1880s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |