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{{Short description|French cyclist}}
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| name           = Paul Chocque
| image          = Paul Chocque en novembre 1933.jpg
| fullname       = Paul Chocque
| nickname       = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1910|7|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Meudon]], France
| death_date     = {{death date and age|df=yes|1949|9|4|1910|7|14}}
| death_place    = Paris, France
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| currentteam    = 
| discipline     = Road/cyclo-cross
| role           = Rider
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| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry| {{FRA}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[track cycling]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]] | [[Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}}
{{MedalSport| Men's [[road bicycle racing]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Road World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1932 UCI Road World Championships|1932 Rome]]|Amateur's Road Race}}
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'''Paul Chocque''' (14 July 1910 – 4 September 1949) was a French professional [[road bicycle racer]]. He won a silver medal at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] in [[Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|team pursuit]] event.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/paul-chocque-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417202849/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/paul-chocque-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Paul Chocque Olympic Results |accessdate=6 July 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>

In [[1934]] Chocque traveled to Australia with [[Fernand Mithouard]] to compete in the [[Centenary 1000]], one week [[Road bicycle racing|road bicycle race]] over seven stages covering {{convert|1102|mi|km}}. The race was run in as part of the celebrations of the Centenary of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].<ref name="Glo11Apr34">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184280210 |title=Great cycle road race for centenary |newspaper=[[Sporting Globe|Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 – 1954)]] |location=Melbourne, Vic. |date=11 April 1934 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[Nino Borsari]] a member of the Italian gold medal-winning team pursuit at the 1932 Summer Olympics also competed.  Chocque was in the lead at the [[Ballarat]] sprint in stage 3 when he was struck, causing him to crash, breaking his collarbone, forcing him to abandon.<ref name="Glo24Oct34Chocque">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183742649 |title=Chocque in bad smash |newspaper=[[The Sporting Globe]] |location=Melbourne, Vic. |date=24 October 1934 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Chocque performed as a professional for numerous teams from [[1933]] to [[1949]]. He finished seventh and claimed two stage victories in the 1937 [[Tour de France]], his second appearance. He also had a number of successful finishes in historic road races, including the 1936 [[Bordeaux]]-Paris victory and the 1937 Paris-Tours fourth-place finish. Chocque won the [[French National Cyclo-cross Championships|cyclo-cross French championship]] in [[1936]] and [[1938]]. After falling during a motorized race at Paris' [[Parc des Princes]], he died aged 39.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul CHOCQUE Biography, Olympic Medals, Records, and Age|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/paul-chocque|website=Olympics}}</ref>

==Major results==
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;1932
:{{silver2}} [[1932 Summer Olympics]], [[Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics|Team pursuit]]
;1933
:Circuit des Deux-Sèvres
:[[GP Wolber]]
:Circuit de Paris
:[[Critérium International]]
:Critérium National de la Route
:Mont Valérien
:{{FRA}} national cyclo-cross championship
:[[Bordeaux–Paris]]
;1936
:[[Critérium International]]
;1937
:Derby de St Germain
:Fourmies
:[[1937 Tour de France|Tour de France]]:
::Winner stages 16 and 18B
::7th place overall classification
;1938
:{{FRA}} national cyclo-cross championship
{{div col end}}

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{cycling Archives|1229}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070808184220/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/2733.html Official Tour de France results for Paul Chocque]

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[[Category:French Tour de France stage winners]]
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[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for France]]
[[Category:French track cyclists]]
[[Category:French cyclo-cross cyclists]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 1932 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in cycling]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Boulogne-Billancourt]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Cyclists from Île-de-France]]
[[Category:20th-century French sportsmen]]


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