Charles Cotonnec

Born 1876
Died 1935

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Breton physician and cultural nationalist who, with the Cornish folklorist William Tregoning Hooper, organised the first Inter-Celtic wrestling meeting at Quimperlé in 1928, and in 1930 founded the FALSAB to revive gouren and the traditional Breton sports.

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“In 1930, Cotonnec established the Fédération des Amis de la Luttes et des Sports Athlétiques Bretons (FALSAB, Federation of the Friends of Wrestling and the Athletic Sports of the Bretons), for the purpose of revitalizing traditional Breton sports and culture.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

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