François Mersch
{{short description|Luxembourgish sprinter}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = François Mersch
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| nationality = Luxembourgish
| sport = Sprinting
| event = 100 metres
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1913|6|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|2|15|1913|6|9|df=yes}}
| death_place = Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
| height =180 cm
| weight = 73 kg
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François Mersch (9 June 1913 – 15 February 1983) was a Luxembourgish sprinter who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/francois-mersch-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011115/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/francois-mersch-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=François Mersch Olympic Results |accessdate=5 June 2017}}
Biography
At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Mersch competed in the men's 100 metres competition.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/73252 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=19 January 2025}}
Mersch finished second behind Arturo Maffei in the long jump event at the 1938 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19380716/152/0005 |title=Italian wins six-mile title |work=Western Mail |date=16 July 1938 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19380718/127/0004 |title=AAA Championships |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=18 July 1938 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 January 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=19 January 2025 }} Shortly afterwards in September, at the 1938 European Athletics Championships he competed in the long jump finishing 9th in the final.
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:Luxembourgian male sprinters
Category:Luxembourgian male long jumpers
Category:Olympic athletes for Luxembourg
Category:Athletes from Luxembourg City
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