Albert Séguin
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Albert Séguin was a French
gymnast
and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
, where he received a gold medal in sidehorse vault, and silver medals in rope climbing and in team combined exercises.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
gymnast
Artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...
and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
, where he received a gold medal in sidehorse vault, and silver medals in rope climbing and in team combined exercises.