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Alain Mimoun
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Alain Mimoun, born Ali Mimoun Ould Kacha on 1 January 1921 in Telagh, was a French marathon runner, long-distance runner, and athletics competitor who competed in the marathon, 10,000 metres, and 5,000 metres. His career ran from 1946 to 1962, during which he took part in the 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960 Summer Olympics, and he is recognised in the Olympic Gold Medalists collection. He also participated in World War II.
Mimoun received the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Croix de guerre 1939–1945, the Order of Sports Merit, and the L'Équipe Champion of Champions award. He followed Islam and Catholicism, and died in Saint-Mandé on 27 June 2013.
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Key facts
- Nationality
- French
- Born
- Ali Mimoun Ould Kacha , ( 1921-01-01 ) 1 January 1921, Telagh , Oran department , French Algeria , France
- Died
- 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27) (aged 92), Saint-Mandé , France
- Height
- 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Weight
- 56 kg (123 lb)
- Sport
- long-distance running
- Event s
- 5,000 metres , 10,000 metres , marathon and cross-country running
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alain
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Telagh
- Place of death
- Saint-Mandé
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Participant in
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- France
- Mass
- 56
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Alain Mimoun.jpg
- Height
- 170
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- date of birth
- 1921-01-01
- date of death
- 2013-06-27
- Commons category
- Alain Mimoun
- sports discipline competed in
- 5000 metres
- name in native language
- Alain Mimoun
- birth name
- Ali Mimoun Ould Kacha
- end of work period
- 1962-00-00
- start of work period
- 1946-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Alain Mimoun, born Ali Mimoun Ould Kacha (1 January 1921 – 27 June 2013), was a French long-distance runner who competed in track events, cross-country running and the marathon. He was the 1956 Olympic champion in the marathon. He is the most bemedalled French athletics sportsperson in history. In 1999, readers of the French athletics magazine Athlétisme Magazine voted him as the “French Athlete of the 20th Century”.
On the track Mimoun won three Olympic silver medals, finishing second behind Emil Zátopek in the 10,000 metres final in 1948 and again second behind him in both the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres finals in 1952. He was also the silver medallist in both events behind Zátopek at the 1950 European Athletics Championships. From 1949 to 1958, he won four individual gold medals and two individual silver medals at the International Cross Country Championships. He was a four-time gold medallist at the Mediterranean Games, completing the 5,000 m/10,000 m double in both 1951 and 1955.
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