Jean Boiteux
- April 11, 2010
- 76 years
- fall from a tree
About Jean Boiteux
Jean Boiteux, 76, French swimmer, Olympic gold and bronze medalist (1952), fall from a tree.
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|Jean Boiteux (20 June 1933 – 11 April 2010) was a French freestyle swimmer. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won the 400 m event in 1952, breaking the Olympic record and becoming the first French swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal. During his career he won 15 national titles and set 15 national and 10 European records in the 200 m, 400 m, 1500 m and 4 × 200 m events.
His mother Bienna Pélégry was also an Olympic swimmer. His father attended the 1952 Olympics and jumped in the swimming pool to congratulate his son after he won the 400 m race. In 1973 Boiteux founded the Jean-Boiteux Grand Prix swimming meet in Bordeaux. He died after falling from a tree in his garden on 11 April 2010 at the age of 76.
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