Paul Genevay
French sprinter (1939–2022)
 Genevay at the 1960 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 January 1939 (1939-01-21) La Côte-Saint-André, Isère, France |
| Died | 11 March 2022 (2022-03-12) (aged 83) France |
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
| Club | Grenoble Union Club Lyon OU |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 100 m – 10.3 (1966) 200 m – 20.9 (1959)[1][2] |
Paul Louis Marcel Genevay (21 January 1939 – 11 March 2022) was a French sprinter. He competed in the 200 m and 4 × 100 m events at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the relay in 1964. He failed to reach the final in three other competitions.[1] Genevay won two gold and one silver medals in the sprint at the 1959 Mediterranean Games.[3] He died on 11 March 2022, at the age of 83.[4]
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Mediterranean Games champions in men's 200 metres
- 1951: Antonio Siddi (ITA)
- 1955: Luigi Gnocchi (ITA)
- 1959: Paul Genevay (FRA)
- 1963: Livio Berruti (ITA)
- 1967: Ito Giani (ITA)
- 1971–1975: Pietro Mennea (ITA)
- 1979: Luciano Caravani (ITA)
- 1983: Pietro Mennea (ITA)
- 1987–1991: Stefano Tilli (ITA)
- 1993: Daniel Sangouma (FRA)
- 1997: Giovanni Puggioni (ITA)
- 2001: Anninos Marcoullides (CYP)
- 2005: Matic Osovnikar (SLO)
- 2009: Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud (EGY)
- 2013: Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas (GRE)
- 2018–2022: Ramil Guliyev (TUR)
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