Nationality France Occupation Sports Doctor, Surgeon Name Andre Latarjet | Education Medicine Years active 1890's- 1940's | |
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Born Aug 20, 1877 Dijon, France Died May 4, 1947
Lyon, France Known for 1st elected President of the FIMS | ||
Andre Latarjet (1877–1947) was a French physician. he is notable because in 1933, at the 2nd International AIMS (FIMS) Congress, he was elected President of the organization which would become the International Federation of Sports Medicine, the World agency for sports medicine.
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