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Émile Grémaux

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Émile Grémaux (1893 – 18 September 1959, in Lille) – boxer, coach and businessman. Long serving President of the French Boxing Federation. First President of International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) (1946–1959).[1] Vice-President of the Olympic French Committee (1952–1959).[2]

E. Grémaux was the Champion of the Northern France in the weight of feather-cock in 1914.[2]

He died at Lille, France, where he lived, at the age of 66, after a long illness.[2]

References

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  1. ^ AIBA History
  2. ^ a b c "The Olympic Family" (PDF). library.la84.org.
Preceded by
none
AIBA President
1946 – 1959
Died
Succeeded by
United Kingdom Lt. Colonel Rudyard H. Russell