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Georges Yvan "Géo" André (13 August 1889 – 4 May 1943) was a French track and field athlete and rugby union player. As an athlete he competed at the 1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics in various events, including long jump, high jump, 400 m sprint, 110 and 400 m hurdles, pentathlon and decathlon.
Géo André made his first appearance at the Olympics as an 18-year-old high jumper in 1908. Although his pre-Olympic best was 1.79m, in London he cleared 1.88m and earned a surprise silver medal. At the 1912 Olympics, André took part in the decathlon, the pentathlon, the high jump, the standing high jump and standing long jump and the 110m ...
Georges André was a versatile French athlete who competed in several sports, competing at the 1924 Winter Olympics in bobsledding and curling, winning a bronze medal in curling. He was a dentist who worked with the Faculté de Médecine de Paris and later at Versailles.
Géo André made his Olympic debut in London 1908, claiming the silver medal in the high jump with a 1.88m leap. In 1912, he participated ... in six different events, but did not win a medal. Eight years later, he received the 4x400m relay bronze medal in Antwerp.
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Georges André Malraux (/ m æ l ˈ r oʊ / mal-ROH, French: [ʒɔʁʒ ɑ̃dʁe malʁo]; 3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel La Condition Humaine (1933) won the Prix Goncourt.
Géo André, né Georges Yvan André le 13 août 1889 à Paris 8 e et mort le 4 mai 1943 près de Tunis, est un athlète, joueur de rugby à XV, aviateur et journaliste sportif français. Acclamé sur tous les stades d'Europe pendant plus de vingt ans, de 1906 à 1927, ce grand sportif de la Belle Époque et des Années Folles est une idole ...
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Sans doute l’un des plus grands athlètes français de son époque Georges André, dit Géo André, est porte-drapeau de l’Equipe de France lors des Jeux de Paris.
