Alexandre Maspoli

Alexandre Maspoli won a bronze medal at the 1906 Olympic Games in weightlifting and also competed in the standing long jump. At the unofficial 1902 World Championships, he won, setting world records. After the 1906 Olympic Games, he started another career as a sculptor creating the Monument aux Morts de la Côte-Saint-André and the Monument aux Morts d’Arcachon in remembrance of the victims of World War I. In 1934 he also created a monument of the famous French sportsman, journalist and sports administrator Frantz Reichel, which now sits in Paris.