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Charly Gaul

professional cyclist (1932–2005)
Person Human Q15983

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
December 8, 1932
Date of death
December 6, 2005
Place of birth
Pfaffenthal
Place of death
Luxembourg
Country of citizenship
Luxembourg[9]
Occupation
sport cyclist, athlete
Child
Fabienne Gaul[8]
Cause of death
pneumonia[18]
Country for sport
Luxembourg[35]
Family name
Gaul[20]
Given name
Charly[21]
Height
+173[37]
Manner of death
natural causes[22]
Mass
+64[38]
Member of sports team
Faema (cycling team, 1955–1962), EMI, Gazzola, Peugeot cycling team, Libertas, Terrot[11][12][13][14][15][16]
Name in native language
Charly Gaul[36]
Nickname
Monsieur Pipi, Ange de la montagne, Engel vun de Bierger[32][33][34]
Participant in
1958 Tour de France, 1956 Giro d'Italia, 1959 Giro d'Italia, GP Général Patton, Circuit des six provinces, 1955 Tour de France, 1957 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo, 1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo, 1961 Super Prestige Pernod[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Place of burial
Itzig[7]
Position played on team / speciality
climbing specialist[17]
Sport
road bicycle racing[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Charly Gaul ar شارلي جاول fa شارلی گاول he שארלי גול ja シャルリー・ゴール ru Голь, Шарли ru Шарли Гауль ru Шарли Голь uk Чарлі Гауль zh 查理·高尔 zh-hant 查理・戈爾
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000110470936
VIAF cluster ID
26307145
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n95029675
GND ID
130128422
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Charly Gaul en 1998.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12350621m
CycleBase cyclist ID
6023
Cycling Archives cyclist ID
3003
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Charly-Gaul
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
charly-gaul
FAST ID
353565
FirstCycling rider ID
1510
Show all 25 identifiers +13
Freebase ID
/m/062n12
GTAA ID
98669
GeneaStar person ID
gaulc
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Charly_Gaul
IdRef ID
094132089
InterSportStats athlete ID
30647
JRC Names ID
299729
Munzinger Sport number
01000001190
Mémoire du cyclisme cyclist ID
23033
ProCyclingStats cyclist ID
168830
WikiTree person ID
Gaul-682
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvCRDJXKYfWQyKtT8c9Dq
Yale LUX ID
person/07e0a468-5e0a-4e87-9ad9-4eafe6e2d0e8

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🔗 Connections
← General classification of race participants 10
1962 Tour de France, 1955 Tour de France, 1958 Tour de France, 1956 Giro d'Italia, 1957 Giro d'Italia, 1958 Giro d'Italia, 1959 Giro d'Italia, 1961 Giro d'Italia +2 more
← Winner 9
1955 Tour de France, 1955 Tour de France, 1958 Tour de France, 1956 Tour de France, 1961 Tour de France, 1956 Giro d'Italia, 1958 Giro d'Italia, 1959 Giro d'Italia +1 more
Participant in 5
1955 Tour de France, 1958 Tour de France, 1956 Giro d'Italia, 1959 Giro d'Italia, GP Général Patton
Member of sports team 4
Peugeot cycling team, Faema (cycling team, 1955–1962), Libertas, Gazzola
Participated in 3
1955 Tour de France, 1958 Tour de France, 1961 Tour de France
Cause of death 1
pneumonia
Country for sport 1
Luxembourg
Country of citizenship 1
Luxembourg
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Occupation 1
sport cyclist
Place of birth 1
Pfaffenthal
Place of burial 1
Itzig
Place of death 1
Luxembourg
Position played on team / speciality 1
climbing specialist
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
road bicycle racing
← Mountains classification 1
1962 Tour de France
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Summary

Charly Gaul was born on December 8, 1932[1], in Pfaffenthal[2]. He died on December 6, 2005[3], in Luxembourg[4]. He worked as a sport cyclist[5] and athlete[6].

FAQs

Where was Charly Gaul born?

Charly Gaul's place of birth was Pfaffenthal[2].

Where did Charly Gaul die?

Charly Gaul died in Luxembourg[4].

What did Charly Gaul do for work?

Charly Gaul worked as a sport cyclist[5] and athlete[6].

Related Entities

Luxembourg Luxembourg

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . luxembourg.public.lu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Joseba65 · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of sports team → Faema (cycling team, 1955–1962), EMI, Gazzola +2
    "Created claim: Member of sports team: Terrot"
  2. 27d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mass → 64 kilogram
    Child → Fabienne Gaul
    Family name → Gaul
    Height → 173 centimetre
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "source for place of birth, source for place of death, source for date of birth, source for date of death from Store norske leksikon (…"
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