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Édouard Carpentier
Canadian professional wrestler (1926–2010) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Édouard Ignacz Weiczorkiewicz[2] (Russian: Эдуард Виецз; July 17, 1926 – October 30, 2010)[5] was a French-born Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Édouard Carpentier. Over the course of his career, Carpentier held multiple world heavyweight championships, including the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and the WWA World Heavyweight Championship. Nicknamed "The Flying Frenchman", Carpentier was known for his athletic manoeuvres including "back flips, cartwheels and somersaults".[3]
Quick Facts Birth name, Born ...
Édouard Carpentier | |
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![]() Carpentier in 1973. | |
Birth name | Édouard Ignacz Weiczorkiewicz |
Born | (1926-07-17)17 July 1926 Roanne, Rhône-Alpes, France[1] |
Died | 30 October 2010(2010-10-30) (aged 84) Montreal, Quebec, Canada[2] |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Édouard Ignacz Weiczorkiewicz Édouard Carpentier Édouard Weiczorkiewicz Carpentier Flying Frenchman[1] Eddy Wiechoski[3] |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[4] |
Billed weight | 230 lb (100 kg)[1] |
Billed from | Montreal, Quebec, Canada[4] |
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