René Féger

{{short description|French sprinter}}

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{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = René Féger

| birth_name =

| image = File:René Féger 1930.jpg

| caption = René Féger in 1930

| nationality = French

| sport = Sprinting

| event = 400 metres/800 metres

| club = Métropolitain Club Colombes

| collegeteam =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|4|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|8|30|1904|4|8|df=yes}}

| death_place = Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, France

| height =176 cm

| weight =68 kg

}}

René Ernest Féger (8 April 1904 – 30 August 1943) was a French sprinter who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Career

Féger finished third behind Douglas Lowe in the 880 yards event at the 1927 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003358/19270703/260/0017 |title=An Olympiad |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=3 July 1927 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000264/19270705/022/0004 |title=Records go abroad|work=Western Daily Press |date=5 July 1927 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 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=4 January 2025 }}

Féger competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1928 Olympic Games, where he reached the semi-finals.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/rene-feger-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417202553/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/rene-feger-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=René Féger Olympic Results |accessdate=23 July 2017}}

References