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raymond suvigny in 1932 26 october 1945 -lrb- aged 42 -rrb- paris , france us métro paris , france 59 kg lb on weightlifting 21 january 1903 raymond suvigny 1932cr.jpg raymond suvigny

raymond suvigny

raymond suvigny -lrb- 21 january 1903 -- 26 october 1945 -rrb- was a french weightlifter .
he competed at the 1924 and 1932 olympics and won a gold medal in 1932 .
suvigny took up weightlifting in 1919 while working at the paris métro .
in 1924 he showed world-level results , but placed only ninth at the 1924 summer olympics due to an injury .
he came to prominence in 1926 , when he won his first national title and set two unofficial world records .
he retired after winning the 1932 olympic gold medal .
during world war ii he was kept as a prisoner of war and died in october 1945 .
