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Fencing At The 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's Foil
The amateur foil competition had 54 fencers from 10 nations compete. There was no limit on the number of fencers per nation; 39 of the 54 competitors were French. For the first round, quarterfinals, and repechage, skill and art with the foil was more important to advancing than winning the bout. The event was swept by French fencers: Émile Coste, Henri Masson, and Marcel Boulenger took the top three places. It was the second consecutive Games that France had taken the top two ranks in the event. Background This was the second appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1908 (when there was a foil display only rather than a medal event). None of the fencers from 1896 returned. Nine of the ten competing nations were making their debut in the men's foil: Austria, Belgium, Haiti, Italy, Peru, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Only France had previously competed in 1896. Competition format The event used a five-round format (fo ...
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Tuileries Garden
The Tuileries Garden (, ) is a public garden between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Created by Catherine de' Medici as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in 1564, it was opened to the public in 1667 and became a public park after the French Revolution. Since the 19th century, it has been a place for Parisians to celebrate, meet, stroll and relax. During the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, it was the site of the Olympic and Paralympic cauldron. History The Italian Garden of Catherine de' Medici (16th century) File:Tuileries projet et jardins.jpg, Plan for the palace and gardens by Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau, 1576–1579 File:Map of Tuileries and Louvre, as in c. 1589.png, Plan of the Tuileries garden in about 1589. The Louvre is to the right In July 1559, after the accidental death of her husband, Henry II, Queen Catherine de' Medici decided to leave her residence of the Hôtel des Tournelles, at the eastern ...
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Adrien Guyon
Adrien Léopold Marie Guyon (22 July 1866 – 21 May 1926) was a French fencer. He competed in the individual foil and épée events at the 1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 14 May to 28 October 1900. No opening or closin .... References External links * 1866 births 1926 deaths French male épée fencers French male foil fencers Olympic fencers for France Fencers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Fencers from Paris {{France-fencing-bio-stub ...
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Jean-Joseph Renaud
Jean-Joseph Renaud (16 January 1873 – 7 December 1953) was a French épée and foil fencer. He competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 14 May to 28 October 1900. No opening or closin .... He was also a prolific journalist, author and playwright whose books ''La Défense dans la rue'' (Self Defence in the Street - 1912) and ''L'Escrime'' (Fencing - 1911) are recognised as an important contribution to early 20th century literature on those subjects. He was a proponent of the field of honor, saying: "From every point of view dueling is beneficent." He refereed many duels (including ones involving Clemenceau and Leon Blum) and fought at least 15 himself (being a fencing master, all but 4 were fought with pistols; he was victorious in all of them). References Notes Afternoon in ...
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André De Schonen
Jean Jacques Joseph André de Schonen (24 April 1869 – 8 December 1933) was an Olympic foil fencer and a pistol and Trapshooter at the 1900 summer games He also competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al ... in the rapid-fire pistol event. References External links * 1869 births 1933 deaths Fencers from Paris French male foil fencers Fencers at the 1900 Summer Olympics French male sport shooters Olympic fencers for France Olympic shooters for France Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics French barons 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-sportshooting-bio-stub ...
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Albert Gauthier
Albert-Joseph Gautier Vignal (26 May 1854 – 18 October 1939) was a French- Monegasque nobleman and tycoon who sponsored various sports in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly fencing. Early life Gautier was from a French noble family that settled in Monaco in the early 1820s, eventually becoming leading figures in the business. Born on 26 May 1854 in Nice, he was a son of Hélène Sicard (b. 1831) and Paul Gautier (1819–1872), who served as president of the Chamber of Commerce in Nice. Career A close friend of the Baron de Coubertin, Gautier founded the Monegasque Olympic Committee in 1907 and, from 1908 until his death, represented Monaco on the International Olympic Committee. He was a leading figure in developing fencing as a competitive sport, and Monaco as a sporting destination. In 1933 he became an honorary member of the International Fencing Federation (FIE). Outside of sport, he was president of various banks as well as the Nice Electricity Comp ...
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Joseph Ducrot
Joseph Jean Jules Ambroise Ducrot (13 August 1866 – 25 September 1915) was a French fencer. He competed in the men's foil event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Personal life Ducrot served as a ''chef de bataillon'' in the 21st Colonial Infantry Regiment of the French Army during the First World War. He was killed in action in Marne Marne can refer to: Places France *Marne (river), a tributary of the Seine *Marne (department), a département in northeastern France named after the river * La Marne, a commune in western France *Marne, a legislative constituency (France) Nethe ... on 25 September 1915. References External links * 1866 births 1915 deaths French male foil fencers Olympic fencers for France Fencers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Eure French Army officers French military personnel killed in World War I 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-fencing-bio-stub ...
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Frédéric Soudois
Marie Frédéric Marc Soudois (14 February 1865 – 20 August 1914) was a French fencer. He competed in the men's foil event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Personal life Soudois served as a ''capitaine'' (captain) in the 344th Infantry Regiment of the French Army during the First World War and was killed in action in Moselle The Moselle ( , ; ; ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A sm ... on 20 August 1914. References External links * 1865 births 1914 deaths French male foil fencers Olympic fencers for France Fencers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Charente-Maritime French military personnel killed in World War I French Army officers 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-fencing-bio-stub ...
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Raphaël Perrissoud
Raphaël Hector Perrissoud (23 December 1879 – 26 April 1956) was a French fencer. He competed in the men's foil event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. He later served in the French Parliament as a Deputy in the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr .... References External links * 1879 births 1956 deaths French male foil fencers Olympic fencers for France Fencers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Fencers from Paris {{France-fencing-bio-stub ...
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Rudolf Brosch
Rudolf Brosch was an Austrian fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. He also worked as a translator of the fencing books of Luigi Barbasetti Luigi Barbasetti (* 21. February 1859 in Cividale del Friuli; † 31. March 1948 in Verona Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the ..., who was his fencing teacher, and wrote books about fencing himself. References External links * Year of birth missing Year of death missing Austrian male fencers Austrian foil fencers Olympic fencers for Austria Fencers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{Austria-fencing-bio-stub ...
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Pierre Georges Louis D'Hugues
Pierre Georges Louis Gaston d'Huguesother sources spell his name d'Hughes (November 8, 1873 in Orléans – August 21, 1961 in Versailles) was a French fencer who competed in the early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and successfully fought his way through the preliminary heats, the quarter-finals and the semi-finals reaching the foil final. He finished in fifth place overall. He also competed in fencing in the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, winning a gold medal in the team épée event and a bronze medal in the foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ma ... event. Notes References External links * * 1873 births 1961 deaths French male épée fencers French male foil fencers Olympic fencers for France Fe ...
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André Corvington
André Corvington (19 November 1877 – 13 December 1918) was a Haitian fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action fighting for the French during World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to .... See also * List of Olympians killed in World War I References External links * 1877 births 1918 deaths Haitian male foil fencers Olympic fencers for Haiti Fencers at the 1900 Summer Olympics People from Les Cayes French military personnel killed in World War I Haitian emigrants to France {{Haiti-fencing-bio-stub ...
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Heinrich Rischtoff
Austria competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympics are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time. 14 Austrian competitors entered 3 disciplines, with 20 entries across 11 events. Medalists The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded. Multiple medalists The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1900 Olympic Games. Competitors The following is a list of number of competitors in the Games and selected biographies. Athletics Track & road events Field events Equestrian Jumping High jump Long jump Hacks and hunter combined Four-in-hand (mail coach) Fencing Swimming References * De Wael, Herman. ''Herman's Full Olympians'': "1900 Olympians from Austria". Accessed 11 March 2006. Available electronically a * {{Country at games navbox, Austria, Olympics ...
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