Robert Schurrer was a male track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 athlete from France

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...

, who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics

1912 Summer Olympics

The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...

. He was born in Vesoul

Vesoul

Vesoul is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.The town is the capital of the department, its inhabitants are known in French as Vésuliens.-Notable people:...

, Haute-Saône

Haute-Saône

Haute-Saône is a French department of the Franche-Comté région, named after the Saône River.- History :The department was created in the early years of the French Revolution through the application of a law dated 22 December 1789, from part of the former province of Franche-Comté...

. In 1912 he won the silver medal with his team mates Charles Lelong

Charles Lelong

Charles Louis Lelong was a French track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the 400 metres.He competed for France in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden where he won the silver medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Robert Schurrer, Pierre Failliot and...

, Pierre Failliot

Pierre Failliot

Pierre Failliot was a French athlete who mainly competed in the men's 400 metres during his career....

 and Charles Poulenard

Charles Poulenard

Charles Alexandre Casimir Poulenard was a French athlete who mainly competed in the men's 400 metres during his career....

 in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay.

He also participated in the 100 metres event

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics...

 and in the 400 metres competition

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics...

 but in both he was eliminated in the first round. In the 200 metres event

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which has appeared at every edition of the Summer Olympics since the 1900 Summer Olympics...

 he was eliminated in the semi-finals. He died in Strasbourg

Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...

, Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...

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