Émile Poilvé

Émile Poilvé
Émile Poilvé, champion olympique de lutte 1936 en poids moyens
Personal information
Born(1903-09-22)September 22, 1903
Mégrit, France
DiedOctober 11, 1962(1962-10-11) (aged 59)
Plénée-Jugon, France
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  France
Olympic Games
1936 BerlinMiddleweight

Émile Poilvé (September 22, 1903 October 11, 1962) was a French wrestler who won the gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. France had to wait 72 years before Steeve Guenot at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games won another gold medal in wrestling. Poilvé also competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics.