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Olympic martyr
During 
the first month after the outbreak of the First World War the famous
French long-distance runner, Jean Bouin, silver medalist at the
Stockholm Olympics in 1912, managed to get himself sent to the front.
Neither the weak heart discovered at his medical, nor the persuasions of
the French Athletic Union could prevent this patriotic sportsman from
doing his duty to his country. Jean Bouin loved life and dreamed of
winning at the following Olympic Games, for which he trained
assiduously. But in September 1914 during an attack on the heights of
Meuse the life of the great runner was cut short by a German bullet.
In memory of Bouin the French postal authorities issued a stamp showing his portrait against the background of the stadium at Marseilles, where for many years memorial games have been held in honour of Bouin.
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Olympic stamp Kaleidoscope
To commemorate 2008 Olympic South Africa released these stamps.
Olympic Stories Lot-1
- First Olympic Stamp
- Olympic God Zeus
- Temple of Hera
- Apollo
- Hercules
- Goddess Nike
- Olympic Sculptor
- Olympic Coins
- Chariot Race
- Naked Runners
- Armoured Races
- Olympic Martyr
- Olympic Revenue
- Women Olympian
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