Frantz Reichel is a general-purpose French sportsman, - between other player of Rugby to XV (with the Racing club of France and with SCUF; he was founder of the federation in 1905), athlete, champion of Boxe (founder of the federation in 1903), excel fencer, gymnaste, pioneer of the car and aviation, born the March 16th 1871, dead the March 24th 1932.

Its first name of baptism was in fact François-Etienne " Obus" , because it was born during the cannonade from Of Versailles on Paris from time from the Commune. He was also journalist (in Le Figaro (founder of the sports column), the Car-Bicycle (which he will direct with Pierre Laffitte), the illustrated Sport …, then president of the AIPS - International association of the Sporting Press - of 1924 with 1932), and founder of the flow chart of current operation of the French sport, thanks to his title of general secretary of the USFSA - Union of the French companies of Athletic Sport before the Great War . In 1896, special correspondent of the newspaper the Bicycle , it was finally retained with Athens to in extremis dispute the eliminating heats of the 400 meters and the 110 m hedges! He was general secretary of the Executive committee of organization of VIIe Olympic Games of 1924 with Paris - also carrying on the baptismal font the first Olympiads of winter with Chamonix - and took part in the birth of the French Olympic National committee (CNOF), and created good number of the sporting federations of our country starting from 1924.< Br/> A championship junior of Rugby bears his name (Coupe Frantz Reichel, since 1931), to honor its spirit with honesty and its frankness, whereas it had inserted this sport in the colleges as of 1908 by creating a championship tiny of academy (before, it had created the first School Sports association in 1899).

Prize list

• Participe to the 1 Olympic Games of 1896 (it could have taken part in the finale of the 110 meters hurdles, but per same hour its spirit of abnegation pushed it to encourage Albin Lermusiaux - then recordman of the world on 1.500 meters into 4 ' 10" 2/5, then bronze medal of the distance in 1896, and champion of France of cross-country race in 1895 - on the marathon!)
• Olympic champion in 1900 with the team of France of Rugby to XV of the USFSA.
• Champion of France and the town of Paris of Rugby in 1892 (1st championship) and 1900 with Racing (of which he is the captain) (and finalist in 1893)
• Champion of France of Cross-country in 1890 and 1891
• Champion of France of the 110 meters hurdles in 1891
• Champion of France of the kilometer goes in 1893
• Recordman of France of the hour with 16500 meters the June 20th 1892 to Paris (Catelan Cross), then 16611 meters the November 6th 1892 in Paris (Catelan Cross), as well as half an hour
• Senior of international French of athletics
• First European journalist to fly by plane (to defer Barber ), and recordman of the world of duration of flight with passenger, American Wilbur Wright as pilot during a flight carried out with the camp of Auvours, close to the Mans, the October 3rd 1908.
• February 19th 1893: it disputes the first two meetings of French British ground Rugby, in Edinburgh and Richmond, in 48 hours (with Henri Amand and Louis Dedet). It will obtain thereafter to the chart n°2 international French for this feat of arms, without to have taken part in only one later official match with the national selection, because 1st was played in 1906 against the New Zealand with Paris (this year, he is all the same still captain of SCUF, for the last time).

External bond

• Frantz Reichel, the large priest, on Rugby-nomades.qc.ca