André Clayeux

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| nationality = French

| sport = Athletics

| event = Triple jump

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1897|4|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Montluçon, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|1|30|1897|4|2|df=yes}}

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André Clayeux (2 April 1897 – 30 January 1971) was a French athlete, soldier and sports director{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68138 |title=André Clayeux |work=Olympedia |access-date=1 October 2021}}

Sports career

He competed in the men's triple jump at the 1924 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/andre-clayeux-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417201212/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/andre-clayeux-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=André Clayeux Olympic Results |accessdate=21 December 2017}}

Second World War

Clayeux was Commander of the French 62nd Tank Battalion during the Second World War and taken prisoner on 25 June 1940. He was detained at Oflag XII-B, a German prisoner of war camp for officers in Mainz Citadel. Marcelle Lafont discovered his presence there in 1942 as part of her work for the French Red Cross.

Personal life

He was the life partner of the chemical engineer and politician Marcelle Lafont.Marc de Seyssel-Sothonod, Hauteville-Lompnès, Marc de Seyssel-Sothonod, 1986 p. 433

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Category:1897 births

Category:1971 deaths

Category:Sportspeople from Montluçon

Category:Athletes from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Category:French male triple jumpers

Category:Olympic athletes for France

Category:20th-century French sportsmen