Gaston Heuet Explained

Birth Date:11 November 1892
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Death Date:18 January 1979 (aged 86)
Death Place:Grandvilliers, Oise, France
Height:1.6m (05.2feet)
Weight:49kg (108lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:1500–10,000 m
Club:Métropolitain Club Colombes;
VC Beauvais
Pb:1500 m – 4:08.0 (1919)
5000 m – 15:23.2 (1922)
10,000 m – 32:11.1 (1920)
Show-Medals:yes

Gaston Heuet (11 November 1892 – 18 January 1979) was a French long-distance runner, who comepted at the Olympic Games.[1]

Career

Heuet finished third behind Joe Blewitt in the 4 miles event at the British 1920 AAA Championships.[2] [3] [4]

Heuet won a bronze medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics in the cross country team event, together with Henri Lauvaux and Maurice Norland. He won another cross-country bronze medal at the 1919 Inter-Allied Games.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gaston Heuet . Olympedia . 19 April 2021.
  2. News: The Athletic Championships . Weekly Dispatch (London) . 4 July 1920 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 23 November 2024 .
  3. News: Athletics . Newcastle Journal . 5 July 1920 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 23 November 2024 .
  4. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 23 November 2024 .