Paul Chocque

{{Short description|French cyclist}}

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| name = Paul Chocque

| image = Paul Chocque en novembre 1933.jpg

| fullname = Paul Chocque

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|7|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Meudon, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1949|9|4|1910|7|14}}

| death_place = Paris, France

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| discipline = Road/cyclo-cross

| role = Rider

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{{MedalSport | Men's track cycling}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 1932 Los Angeles | Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSport| Men's road bicycle racing }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze |1932 Rome|Amateur's Road Race}}

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Paul Chocque (14 July 1910 – 4 September 1949) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won a silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in team pursuit event.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/paul-chocque-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417202849/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/paul-chocque-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Paul Chocque Olympic Results |accessdate=6 July 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}}

In 1934, Chocque traveled to Australia with Fernand Mithouard to compete in the Centenary 1000, one week road bicycle race over seven stages covering {{convert|1102|mi|km}}. The race was run in as part of the celebrations of the Centenary of Victoria.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184280210 |title=Great cycle road race for centenary |newspaper=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 – 1954) |location=Melbourne, Vic. |date=11 April 1934 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}} Nino Borsari a member of the Italian gold medal-winning team pursuit at the 1932 Summer Olympics also competed. Chocque was in the lead at the Ballarat sprint in stage 3 when he was struck, causing him to crash, breaking his collarbone, forcing him to abandon.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183742649 |title=Chocque in bad smash |newspaper=The Sporting Globe |location=Melbourne, Vic. |date=24 October 1934 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Chocque performed as a professional for numerous teams from 1933 to 1949. He finished seventh and claimed two stage victories in the 1937 Tour de France, his second appearance. He also had a number of successful finishes in historic road races, including the 1936 Bordeaux-Paris victory and the 1937 Paris-Tours fourth-place finish. Chocque won the cyclo-cross French championship in 1936 and 1938. After falling during a motorized race at Paris' Parc des Princes, he died aged 39.{{Cite web |title=Paul CHOCQUE Biography, Olympic Medals, Records, and Age|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/paul-chocque|website=Olympics}}