Claude Blanchard (ice hockey)

{{Short description|French ice hockey player (1945–2019)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox ice hockey biography

| name = Claude Blanchard

| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|5|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Vichy, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|7|9|1945|5|25|df=y}}{{cite web|url = https://www.avis-de-deces.net/avis-de-deces/bourgogne-franche-comte/71-saone-et-loire/71330-saint-germain-du-bois/blanchard-claude-vHPnXLsJ90shyxax1HePM|title = Monsieur Claude BLANCHARD|date = 11 July 2019|publisher = Avis de décès|access-date = 16 April 2020}} {{in lang|fr}}

| death_place = Chalon-sur-Saône, France

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 165

| position = Defence

| ntl_team = FRA

| career_start = 1962

| career_end = 1971

}}

Claude René Georges Blanchard (25 May 1945 – 9 July 2019) was a French ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Winter Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/claude-blanchard-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417201422/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/claude-blanchard-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Claude Blanchard Olympic Results |accessdate=18 May 2019}}

His death was announced on 11 July 2019.