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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 17th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- Ève
- Occupation
- test pilot
- Languages spoken
- French
- Award
- Colonial Medal
- Sport
- cycle sport
- Conflict
- Battle of Verdun
- Military rank
- Sergeant
- Image
- Le sergent Léon Flameng, en 1916.jpg
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- Commons category
- Léon Flameng
- date of birth
- 1877-04-30
- date of death
- 1917-01-02
- name in native language
- Léon Flameng
- allegiance
- France
- place of burial
- Ermenonville
- birth name
- Léon Marie Flameng
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Encyclopedic overview
Marie Léon Flameng (30 April 1877 – 12 January 1917) was a French cyclist and a World War I pilot. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning three medals including one gold.
Olympics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Léon Flameng” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.