François Gouges
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 September 1941 Argelès-sur-Mer, France | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 August 2025 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | France | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Pétanque | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooter | ||||||||||||||
| Shoots | Right | ||||||||||||||
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François Gouges (French: [fʁɑ̃swa guʒ]; 3 September 1941 – 3 August 2025) was a French pétanque player who played as a shooter.[1] He won a silver medal at the 1977 Pétanque World Championships in men's triples[2] and twice won a gold medal at the French Pétanque Championships in head-to-head.[3]
Gouges died on 3 August 2025, at the age of 83.[4]
References
- ^ Virgili, Jean-Pierre (4 August 2025). "Carnet noir : François Gouges, le dernier géant de la pétanque catalane s'en est allé". L'Indépendant (in French). Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ "Gouges". Boulistenaute (in French). Archived from the original on 16 September 2015.
- ^ "François Gouges, une fierté catalane". Boulistenaute (in French). 30 May 2020. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Marini, Shannon (4 August 2025). "Le Catalan François Gouges, double champion de France de pétanque, est décédé". Ici (in French). Retrieved 6 August 2025.