Julien Médecin

Julien Médecin (3 November 1894 – 26 January 1986) was a Monegasque architect. He won a bronze medal in Designs for Town Planning at the 1924 Olympics in Paris for his design of the stadium for Monte Carlo in Fonteville with a cycling track, a rugby and football pitch, and a nautical basin.

Career Julien Médecin was born on November 3, 1884, in Monaco. Both his father François and his brother Marcel were also architects.

Médecin received his architecture diploma from the École des Beaux-arts in Paris in 1921. He returned home to work in Monaco and Nice in the 1930s. Médecin was a student of Gabriel Héraud and Victor Laloux; his work was primarily classified as art deco and modern architecture. He also designed the Villa Gloriette apartment building in Monaco, which was torn down in the 1960s.

Médecin joined the Société des architectes diplômés du gouvernement (S.A.D.G.) in 1944.

1924 Summer Olympics Médecin received a bronze medal for his design of the Stadium for Monte Carlo in Monaco at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. As of January 2026, he remains the only Monegasque competitor to have won an Olympic medal in any discipline. The medals in art competitions are considered official medals by the IOC, but not as an olympic sport. Nevertheless, these medals are officially included in the country profiles and in the medal tables. However, most secondary sources only consider medals in sports competitions and list Monaco with zero medals. As a result, Monaco, which has appeared in 33 Olympic Games as of 2021, holds the mark for the most Olympic appearances without a sporting medal.

Honors

1944: Knight of the Legion of Honour