Alain Mimoun

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Olympic athlete human long-distance runner

Alain Mimoun was a French long-distance runner best known for winning the marathon gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics after years of rivalry with Emil Zátopek.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic athlete → human → long-distance runner →
awardReceived	Grand Officer of the Légion d’honneur → Légion d’honneur →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
competedIn	1948 Summer Olympics → 1952 Summer Olympics → 1956 Summer Olympics → 1960 Summer Olympics →
conflictParticipatedIn	Second World War →
convertedTo	Roman Catholicism →
countryOfCitizenship	Algeria → France →
dateOfBirth	1921-01-01 →
dateOfDeath	2013-06-27 →
era	20th century →
ethnicGroup	Algerian →
familyName	Mimoun →
fullName	Alain Mimoun O’Kacha →
gender	male →
givenName	Alain →
height	1.67 m (approximate) →
honouredBy	Stade Alain Mimoun (sports facilities named after him) →
languageSpoken	Arabic → French →
militaryService	French Army →
nationality	French →
notableFor	long-standing rivalry with Emil Zátopek → winning the marathon at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics →
occupation	athlete → long-distance runner →
placeOfBirth	El Telagh, Algeria →
placeOfDeath	Saint-Mandé, France →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
representedCountry	France →
residence	France →
rival	Emil Zátopek →
specialty	long-distance running → marathon →
sport	athletics →
weight	60 kg (approximate during career) →
wonGoldMedalIn	marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics →
wonSilverMedalIn	10,000 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics → 10,000 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics → 5,000 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1956 Summer Olympics →	featuredAthlete