Albert Corey

{{short description|French long-distance runner}} {{Infobox sportsperson | fullname = Albert Louis Corey | nickname = | image = Albert Corey.jpg | image_size = | caption = Corey in 1905 | birth_date = 16 April 1878 | birth_place = Meursault, France | death_date = {{death date and age|1926|8|3|1878|4|16|df=yes}} | death_place = Paris, France | height = 169 cm | weight = | sport = Road running | event = Marathon | alma_mater = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}} {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalSilver | 1904 St Louis| Marathon}} {{MedalSilver | 1904 St Louis| 4 mile team race}} }} '''Albert Louis Corey''' (16 April 1878 – 3 August 1926)<ref name="Sports">{{cite web|last = Gjerde|first = Arild|author2 = Jeroen Heijmans |author3=Bill Mallon |author4=Hilary Evans|title = Albert Corey Biography and Olympic Results|work = Olympics|publisher = Sports Reference.com|date = November 2011|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/albert-corey-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417063540/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/albert-corey-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-17|access-date = 2011-11-16}}</ref> was a French athlete who competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He won a silver medal in the marathon race and also won a silver medal as a member of the Chicago Athletic Association team in the four-mile team race.<ref name="Sports" />

==Biography== The Games report refers to Corey as a "Frenchman wearing the colors of the Chicago Athletic Association".<ref>{{cite book |title=The Olympic Games — 1904 |author=Charles J.P. Lucas |publisher=Woodard & Tiernan |year=1905 |location=St. Louis, MO |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1904/1904lucas.pdf |type=PDF |access-date=2007-03-27 |page=47 |archive-date=2009-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304003336/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1904/1904lucas.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Corey was a French immigrant to the United States, who lived in the United States and did not have the right papers. The International Olympic Committee attributes his medals in the marathon and the four mile team race to the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Albert Corey |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/albert-corey |website=International Olympic Committee}}</ref>

Competing for the First Regiment Athletic Association of Chicago on June 6, 1908, Corey finished ahead of Roy Kemper and teammate Alexander Thibeau to win the 15-mile St. Louis Marathon.<ref name="Langland">{{cite book |editor1-first=James |editor1-last=Langland |title=The Chicago Daily News Almanac And Yearbook For 1909 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qhHZAAAAMAAJ |access-date=April 27, 2012 |year=1908 |publisher=The Chicago Daily News Company |pages=296–297 |chapter=Sporting Records: Marathon Foot Races |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qhHZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA297}}</ref>

==References== * {{cite book |author1=Clément Genty |title=Albert Corey : de Meursault aux Jeux Olympiques de 1904 - Recueil des Travaux du CBEH. Tome 38 |location=Saint-Apollinaire |publisher=Centre Beaunois d'Etudes Historiques |year=2020 }} {{ISSN|1623-4677}}. * {{cite book |author1=Clément Genty |title=Albert Corey (1878-1926) La France aux Jeux olympiques de 1904 |location=Paris |publisher=L'Harmattan |year=2021 }} {{ISBN|978-2-343-22519-7}}. {{reflist}}

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