Fernand Gonder Explained

Birth Date:12 June 1883
Birth Place:Bordeaux, France
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Tonnay-Charente, France
Height:170 cm
Weight:65 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:Pole vault, long jump
Club:SA Bordeaux (1904–1906 and 1914)
FC Talence (1907–1912)
CA Bègles (1913)
Pb:PV – 3.83 m (1905)
LJ – 6.54 m (1907)
Show-Medals:yes

Fernand Gonder (12 June 1883 – 10 March 1969) was a French pole vaulter.[2] He won the gold medal at the 1906 Intercalated Games and finished 15th at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was the French champion in 1904, 1905, 1913 and 1914, finishing second in 1912.

Gonder won the British AAA Championships title in the pole jump event at the 1905 AAA Championships.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dupuy. Gérard. Les Jeux Olympiques. 20 May 2017. French Athletics Federation. 17 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Fernand Gonder . Olympedia . 27 April 2021.
  3. News: Amateur Athletic Championships . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 3 July 1905 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2024.
  4. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 19 August 2024.