Frantz Reichel
- Category : 1871-births
- Type : R
- Profile : 4/6 - Opportunistic / Role Model
- Definition : None
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Eden 1
Biography
French sports administrator, athlete and journalist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens as a runner and at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris as a rugby union player (winning a gold medal). He co-founded the Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive (AIPS), and served as its first president in 1924–1932.
Reichel became the first European journalist to fly an airplane, assisting Wilbur Wright in his distance record for flights with a passenger.
He died on 21 March 1932 at age 61 in Paris.