Charles Marion

Charles Louis Pierre Marion (or Charles Léonce Pierre Marion, 14 January 1887 – 16 November 1944) was a French assassinated politician and general. He was also a horse rider who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Horse riding

In 1928 he and his horse Linon won the silver medal in the individual dressage competition. Four years later he and his horse Linon won the silver medal in the individual dressage competition again. They were also part of the French dressage team which won the gold medal in the team dressage event.

Government career

Charles Marion served as a general and a prefect for the government of Vichy France. He was tried in 1944 and sentenced to death, but while awaiting execution he was kidnapped and murdered by French partisans.

References

External links

Charles Marion at databaseOlympics.com

Sportspeople from Saint-Germain-en-Laye

1887 births

1944 deaths

École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni

French dressage riders

Olympic equestrians for France

French male equestrians

Equestrians at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Equestrians at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for France

Olympic silver medalists for France

Olympic medalists in equestrian

Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics

French military personnel of World War II

French generals

Prefects of France

People murdered in France

Assassinated French politicians

People of Vichy France

French politicians convicted of crimes

Executed French collaborators with Nazi Germany

Extrajudicial killings in World War II

20th-century assassinated French politicians

1940s assassinated French politicians

Prisoners sentenced to death by France

1940s assassinated politicians