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François Lafortune Sr.

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Sport
  
Sports shooting

Name
  
Francois Sr.

Born
  
10 January 1896 (
1896-01-10
)

François Jacques Florentin Lafortune (born 10 January 1896, date of death unknown) was a Belgian rifle shooter who competed at five Olympic Games (1924, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1960). He was born in Leuven.

He was part of a shooting family with sixteen Olympic appearances between them. His last two Olympic appearances were made with his son, seven-time-Olympian Frans Lafortune. His last Olympic appearance was also made with his younger brother, four-time Olympian Marcel Lafortune.

His older brother Hubert Lafortune was part of the Belgian gymnastics team that won silver at the 1920 Olympic Games.

References

François Lafortune Sr. Wikipedia


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