Aedouard Carpentier

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Édouard Ignacz Weiczorkiewicz was a French-Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Édouard Carpentier. In a career that spanned from the 1950s into the 1970s, he garnered several world championships. Born Édouard Wiecz on July 17, 1926 in Roanne, Loire, France to a Russian father and a Polish mother, he joined the French underground resistance during the period of German occupation during World War II and was subsequently awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Croix des combattant medals by the French government at the close of the war. He moved to Montreal, Canada in 1956, becoming a Canadian citizen. He also became an all around athlete with gymnastic skills