Georges Parent (cyclist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French cyclist
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Place of Birth: Tresserve, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Georges Parent (cyclist)
- Georges Parent (15 September 1885 – 22 October 1918) was a French professional cyclist who was active between 1907 and 1914, predominantly in motor-paced racing.
- In this discipline he won the world championships in 1909–1911 and finished in third place in 1907.Parent started biking while working as a delivery boy for a coffee shop.
- His first competition was a road race in 1903.
- He retired from cycling with the start of World War I, enlisted to the French Army and was wounded several times in battles.
- Three weeks before the end of the war, he died of the Spanish flu.
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