Paul Lagarde

For the German polymath, see Paul de Lagarde.

Paul Lagarde

Lagarde in 1921
Personal information
Born	15 April 1891
Died	7 February 1964
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Club	CA Bèglais
Achievements and titles
Personal best	3.60 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. 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.