|
Fencing At The 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's épée
The men's épée was a fencing event held as part of the fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. A total of 80 fencers from 13 nations competed in the event, which was held from August 20 to 23, 1920. Each nation was limited to eight fencers, down from 12 in 1908 and 1912. Of the six fencing events, the only one in which Nedo Nadi did not win a gold medal was the one in which he did not compete. Instead, a trio of Frenchmen (Armand Massard, Alexandre Lippmann, and Gustave Buchard) swept the medals. It was Lippmann's second silver medal in the event, he having previously taken second in 1908; he was the second man to win multiple medals in the individual épée. Background This was the fifth appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900. Four of the eight finalists from the 1912 Games returned: silver medalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardens De La Palace D'Egmont
The Egmont Palace (french: Palais d'Egmont, nl, Egmontpaleis), also sometimes known as the Arenberg Palace (french: Palais d'Arenberg, link=no, nl, Arenbergpaleis, link=no), is a Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical palace in Brussels, Belgium. It was originally built between 1548 and 1560 for Countess Françoise of Luxembourg and Lamoral, Count of Egmont, though its appearance was heavily modified in the 18th century. It was partly destroyed by fire in 1892, after which it was once again reconstructed. Today, it houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belgium), Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The palace is situated in the Sablon, Brussels, Sablon/Zavel district (south-eastern part of Pentagon (Brussels), Brussels' city centre), between the / and the /. This site is served by Porte de Namur metro station, Porte de Namur/Naamsepoort metro station (on lines Brussels Metro line 2, 2 and Brussels Metro line 6, 6 of the Brussels Metro), as well as the Trams in Brussels, tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Lindblom (fencer)
Gustaf Lindblom (19 August 1883 – 16 March 1976) was a Swedish épée and foil fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games. References External links * 1883 births 1976 deaths Swedish male foil fencers Swedish male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Sweden Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Fencers from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertil Uggla
Bertil Gustafsson Uggla (19 August 1890 – 29 September 1945) was a Swedish officer, track and field athlete, modern pentathlete, and fencer. Early life Uggla was born on 19 August 1890 at Karlberg Palace, Stockholm, Sweden, the son of General Gustaf Uggla (1846–1924) and his wife Augusta von Post (1851–1921). He had 9 siblings: Carl Gustafsson (born 1875); Louise (born 1877); Eva Thurinna (born 1879); Gustaf Gustafsson (born 1880); Elsa (born 1882); Signe (born 1883); Axel (born 1888); Thorsten Gustafsson (born 1892) and Bengt Gustafsson (born 1894). Career Military career He was commissioned as an officer in the Svea Life Guards in 1910 with the rank of ''underlöjtnant''. Uggla became a Lieutenant in 1913, gymn:lär:ex. in 1915 and was a teacher at the Military Academy Karlberg from 1916 to 1918 and studied at the ''École normale militaire d’éducation physique'' in Joinville-le-Pont, France from 1919 to 1920. He attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Fitting
Frédéric Fitting (12 September 1902 – 18 October 1998) was a Swiss épée and foil fencer. He competed in the Summer Olympic Games of 1920, 1924, 1928, and 1936. His brother, Édouard Fitting, and sister, Emma Fitting Emma Fitting-Ramel (21 November 1900 – 13 November 1986) was a Swiss fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Gam ..., were also Olympic fencers. References External links * 1899 births 1998 deaths Swiss male épée fencers Olympic fencers of Switzerland Fencers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Geneva Swiss male foil fencers {{Switzerland-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Schrøder
Kay Schrøder (1 July 1877 – 25 April 1949) was a Danish fencing, fencer and architect. He competed in three fencing events at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the Art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics#Architecture, architecture event in the Art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics, art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics. References 1877 births 1949 deaths Danish male fencers Olympic fencers for Denmark Fencers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Fencers from Copenhagen 19th-century Danish architects 20th-century Danish architects Olympic competitors in art competitions {{Denmark-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Willoughby
Roland Willoughby (6 September 1870 – 15 February 1954) was a British fencer. He competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op .... In 1914, he won the foil title at the British Fencing Championships. References 1870 births 1954 deaths British male fencers Olympic fencers for Great Britain Fencers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics {{UK-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice De Wée
Maurice de Wée (25 February 1891 – 1961) was a Belgian fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van .... References 1891 births 1961 deaths Belgian male fencers Belgian épée fencers Olympic fencers for Belgium Fencers at the 1920 Summer Olympics {{Belgium-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangelos Skotidas
Evangelos Skotidas ( el, Ευάγγελος Σκοτίδας; born 1895) was a Greek épée and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. Skotidas was the father of fellow Olympian Andreas Skotidas Andreas Skotidas ( el, Ανδρέας Σκοτίδας) was a Greek fencing, fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée and team sabre (fencing), sabre events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. References External links * Year o .... References External links * 1895 births Year of death missing Greek male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Greece Fencers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Athens Greek male sabre fencers {{Greece-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |