André Francquenelle
{{Short description|French pole vaulter (1889–1965)}}
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| nationality = French
| sport = Athletics
| event = Pole vault
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|7|11|1889|8|15|df=yes}}
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André Francquenelle (15 August 1889 – 11 July 1965) was a French athlete and national rugby union player.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68243 |title=André Francquenelle |work=Olympedia |access-date=19 July 2021}}{{cite web |title=Antoine Francquenelle |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/france/rugby/player/2197.html |website=ESPN scrum}}
Career
At the 1920 Olympic Games, Francquenelle competed in the men's pole vault.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/andre-francquenelle-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417193929/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/andre-francquenelle-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=André Francquenelle Olympic Results |accessdate=2 January 2018}}
The following year, Francquenelle finished second behind Ernfrid Rydberg in the pole jump event at the British 1921 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001542/19210702/056/0003 |title=Athletics |work=Northern Whig |date=2 July 1921 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 November 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19210704/131/0006 |title=Where Britain leads |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=4 July 1921 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 November 2024 }}{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=30 November 2024 }}
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:French male pole vaulters
Category:Olympic athletes for France
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:France international rugby union players
Category:20th-century French sportsmen
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