Jump to content

Marcel Walle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marcel Walle
Personal information
Full nameMarcel Fernand Léon Walle
Born(1913-06-07)7 June 1913
Sains-Richaumont, France
Died1 May 1943(1943-05-01) (aged 29)
Nazi Germany
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider

Marcel Fernand Léon Walle (7 June 1913 – 1 May 1943) was a French racing cyclist.[1] He rode in the 1936 Tour de France.[2][3]

Personal life

[edit]

Walle served in the 2nd Machine Gun Battalion of the French Army during the Second World War and died from illness contracted while a prisoner of war in Germany on 1 May 1943.[4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Marcel Walle". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Tour de France 1936". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ^ "30ème Tour de France 1936". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Marcel Fernand Léon WALLE". Mémoire des hommes. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
[edit]