Pierre Payssé participant of 1906 Intercalated Games
Gymnastics career
At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, Payssé competed in the Men's all-around gymnastic event, a 16-event competition that was the only gymnastics event at the Games. He finished fourth, behind fellow Frenchmen Gustave Sandras, Noël Bas and Lucien Démanet. At the 1903 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Payssé came joint second with Charles van Hulle and Jules Lecoutre in the horizontal bar event. At the 1905 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Payssé was part of the French team that won the men's team all-around event. He came third in the individual horizontal bar and parallel bars events.Payssé won both the Individual all-around, 5 events and Individual all-around, 6 events competitions at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. This made him one of only 16 people to win two or more gold medals at the Games. In the same year, Payssé became world champion at the horizontal bar event.