Alexandre Maspoli Explained

Birth Date:29 September 1875
Birth Place:Lyon, France
Height:170cm
Weight:91kg
Country:France
Worlds:1902
Nationals:1905, 1907
Olympics:1906, 1924
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Alexandre Maspoli (29 September 1875 – 25 September 1943)[1] was a French sculptor and weightlifter. He came joint third in the two-hand lift event at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, and was amateur weightlifting champion 19 years in a row. After the First World War, Maspoli designed war memorials, as well as sculptures to commemorate, Frantz Reichel, and .

Career

Sports career

Maspoli was born in Lyon, France.[2] He was an amateur weightlifting champion 19 years in a row.[2] Maspoli won the combined events at the unofficial 1902 Weightlifting World Championships, setting a new world record in the process.[3] [4] In 1905, Maspoli won the French National Championships. In the throwing event, he threw 130kg (290lb).[4] At the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Maspoli came joint third in the two hand lift event. Maspoli, Heinrich Schneidereit and Heinrich Rondl all lifted 129.5kg (285.5lb).[5] He also participated in the one hand lift event, where he finished fourth,[6] and the standing long jump event, where he finished 18th.[5] In the same year, he featured in, as an example of "perfect masculine physicality".[2] [7] In 1907, Maspoli retained his French National Championship title.[4]

Sculpture

After the First World War, Maspoli was commissioned to build war memorials in La Côte-Saint-André and Arcachon.[3] The Arcachon memorial promoted pacifism and the loss of families in the war.[8] He submitted two works, Jet du boulet and Mask of Philippides, for the mixed sculpture event at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. He was not awarded a medal.[9] In 1928, Maspoli created a bust memorial to historian .[10] In 1933, Maspoli was commissioned to create a monument to sportsman and journalist Frantz Reichel in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The sculpture was finished the following year.[3] [11] For this monument, he became the first winner of the award in 1934. The award was created by the Syndicat National des Journalistes sportifs (National Union of Sports Journalists) for the best "sporting act" of the year.[12] In 1938, he built a statue to politician in Lyon.[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alexandre Maspoli. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417193606/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/alexandre-maspoli-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Sports Reference. 15 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Charles Darwin & The Forgotten Indian Holocaust. Great Game India. 6 July 2017. 4 April 2020. 30 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200330054321/http://gginews.in/charles-darwin-the-forgotten-indian-holocaust/. live.
  3. Web site: Alexandre Maspoli biography. Olympic Channel. 4 April 2020. 30 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330120349/https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/athletes/detail/alexandre-maspoli/. live.
  4. Web site: HISTORIQUE SUR L'HALTEROPHILIE. fr. Mallet. Edouard. Orange S.A.. 4 April 2020. 6 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160706173148/http://halterophilie.cpb.pagesperso-orange.fr/histohaltero.htm. live.
  5. Book: Mallon, Bill. The 1906 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. McFarland & Company. 2015. 9781476609515. 28 September 2020. 9 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509122440/https://books.google.com/books?id=wXYwCgAAQBAJ. live.
  6. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's Unlimited, One Hand. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418125734/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/WLT/mens-unlimited-one-hand.html. dead. 18 April 2020. Sports Reference. 4 April 2020.
  7. PhD . Swaminathan. Medha . 2019. The Missing Link: Tarzan in the Early-20th Century French Fantasy Landscape . . 75.
  8. Web site: Alexandre MASPOLI (1875-1943). Pierre Lagrue. 4 April 2020. 9 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509122426/https://www.pierrelagrue-jo.com/alexandre-maspoli-1875-1943/. live.
  9. Web site: Art Competitions at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Mixed Sculpturing. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022014/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/ART/mixed-sculpturing.html. dead. 18 April 2020. Sports Reference. 4 April 2020.
  10. News: En France et Hors de France. fr. Les Nouvelles littéraires. Bibliothèque nationale de France. 28 April 1928. 8. 14 April 2020. 9 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509122431/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k64504710/f8.item.r=F%C3%A9lix%20Desvernay. live.
  11. Web site: Monument à Franz Reichel – Paris, 16e arr.. fr. E-momumen.net. 4 April 2020. 29 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201029081724/https://e-monumen.net/patrimoine-monumental/monument-a-franz-reichel-paris-16e-arr/. live.
  12. News: L'Athlétisme : organe officiel de la Fédération française d'athlétisme. fr. Frémont. Gaston. French Athletics Federation. Bibliothèque nationale de France. 3. May 1955. 4 April 2020. 10 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170810015733/http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k64525516/f5.image.r=S%C3%A9ph%C3%A9riades?rk=386268;0. live.
  13. News: La statue en mémoire de Julien Barbero est de retour. fr. subscription. Le Progrès. 9 December 2012. 14 April 2020. 9 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509122441/https://www.leprogres.fr/rhone/2012/12/09/la-statue-en-memoire-de-julien-barbero-est-de-retour. live.

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