mypinholepinups: The debonair Émile Torcheboeuf is on the front row left of the first image.
mypinholepinups: The debonair Émile Torcheboeuf is on the front row left of the first image. Some years later Richer undressed him during the 1900 Paris Olympics. “French sportsman, Emile Torchebeuf was one of those able-bodied sportsmen in many Olympic disciplines. A member of the Racing Club de France, he competed in rugby against the English team from Oxford. He was also the French shotput champion and holder of the French high jump record. A good-level athlete in many disciplines, he was also competent in discus throwing as well as in long jump and it was in standing long jump that he was known, gaining a bronze medalist at the Paris Olympics, he was the only non-American to be a medalist in a disciplines of standing jumps etc. [no longer an Olympic sport it was suitable for ‘elastic athletes’]”An electrical engineer by training, he filed for a patent and died in Paris in 1950 [unrelated I assume].” https://ffsse.fr/saut.html Aesthetes and Athletes. Paul Richer, as a professor of artistic anatomy, photographed many French and visiting athletes to further his studies. Many were appearing at the 1900 Paris Olympics. -- source link