Paule Fercoq du Leslay
Paule Augusta Florence Fercoq du Leslay de Keravegevel (12 December 1895 — 26 March 1948) was a French athletics competitor during the 1910s, during the earliest era of women's athletics. She was a member of Académia, Paris. She was in the high jump two times national champion and national record holder.[1][2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Paule Augusta Florence Fercoq du Leslay de Keravegevel |
| Born | 12 December 1895 Jemelle, France |
| Died | 26 March 1948 (aged 52) Paris, France |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field athletics |
| Event(s) | high jump, 80 metres, 83 metres hurdles, standing long jump, long jump, shot put |
| Club | Académia, Paris |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals | |
Biography
changeFercoq du Leslay de Keravegevel was born on 12 December 1895 in Jemelle. She was the daughter of Louis Jules Marie Fercoq du Leslay de Keravegevel and Valérie Marie Poncin.[3]
At the 1918 French National Championships she became national champion in the high jump with a height of 1.29 metres ahead of Suzanne Liebrard. This height was also a French national record. She won the silver medal in the 83 metres hurdles behind Liebrard and the bronze medal in the 80 metres and shot put. In the standing long junp she finished fourth.[4]
The next year 1919 French National Championships she successfully defended her high jump national title. With a height of 1.32 metres she broke her own national record and finished ahead of Frédérique Küsel and Thérèse Brulé. In the long jump she won the silver medal behind Henriette Gorget. She didn’t have a podium finish in the 80 metres and shot put.[4] Her national record was broken in 1920 with 1 cm by Thérèse Brulé.
She died at her home in Paris on rue Frédérick-Lemaître on 26 March 1948 at the age of 52 years.[3]
References
change- ↑ Loup Odoevsky Maslov, Giovanni de Chanaz et Paule de Leslay, 12 March 2020, Chronique de Saint-Nazaire.
- ↑ Loup Odoevsky Maslov, Vedettes militaires et scandales dans la Jet-Set à Saint-Nazaire ou les tumultes amoureux d’un Italien et d’une Bretonne, Histoire & Patrimoine n°101, July 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 According to document no. 982, in the civil status of the city of Paris, 20th arrondissement, died in 1948.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Les finalistes des championnats de France - 1888 à 1969" (pdf). La commission de la documentation et de l'histoire (in French). Retrieved 29 October 2024.