Robert Paul (athlete)

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Robert Paul

| birth_name =

| image = Robert Paul bat le record de France de saut en longueur avec 7m50 (octobre 1932, match France- Finlande à Colombes+).jpg

| caption = Paul breaks the French long jump record with 7m50 (October 1932, France-Finland match at Colombes)

| nationality = French

| sport = Sprinting

| event = 100 metres

| club = Racing Club de France, Paris

| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|4|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Facture-Biganos, Gironde, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|12|15|1910|4|20|df=yes}}

| death_place = Pessac, Gironde, France

| height =170 cm

| weight =65 kg

}}

Robert Jean Paul (20 April 1910 – 15 December 1998) was a French sprinter who comepted at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/robert-paul-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417195817/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/robert-paul-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Robert Paul Olympic Results |accessdate=5 June 2017}}

Biography

Paul won the British AAA Championships title in the long jump event at the 1934 AAA Championships,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000640/19340714/336/0011 |title=Finals of White City events |work=Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette |date=14 July 1934 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19340715/325/0019 |title=British athletes lose titles |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=15 July 1934 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 January 2025 }} and the 1935 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19350713/349/0018 |title=AAA titles |work=Daily Herald |date=13 July 1935 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000653/19350713/216/0008 |title=Lovelock Beaten in Mile |work=Sports Argus |date=13 July 1935 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 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=16 January 2025 }}

At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Paul competed in the men's 100 metres.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68439 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=16 January 2025}}