Armand Mouyal (13 October 1925 – 15 July 1988) was a French epee world champion fencer.

Early and personal life

Born in

Oran Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...

French Algeria French Algeria (french: Alger to 1839, then afterwards; unofficially , ar, الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of French colonisation of Algeria. French rule in the region began in 1830 with the ...

, Mouyal was Jewish.''Jews and the Olympic Games: sport: a springboard for minorities'' – Paul Yogi Mayer
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Fencing career

Mouyal began fencing in the early 1950s.

National championships

Mouyal, a French police officer, won the French national individual épée title in 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, and 1959.

World championships

Mouyal won the world individual épée championship in 1957. He participated in team épée, winning a world championship gold medal in 1951; silver in 1953, 1955, 1961, and 1963; and bronze 1954 and 1958.

World rankings

Mouyal was ranked No. 5 in the world in 1955, and 8th in 1956.

Olympics

He was eliminated in the first round of the individual event and the second round of the team event at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. He was a member of the French team that won a

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

in team épée at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

. He advanced to the semifinals in individual épée. At the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

, he placed seventh in individual épée, reaching the finals, and the French épée team was eliminated in the second round.

Hall of Fame

Mouyal was inducted into the

International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame ( he, יד לאיש הספורט היהודי, translit=Yad Le'ish HaSport HaYehudi) was opened July 7, 1981 in Netanya, Israel. It honors Jewish athletes and their accomplishments from anywhere around ...

in 1988.

References

External links

Jewish Sports bioJews in Sports bioJewish Sports Legends bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moyal, Armand 1925 births 1988 deaths Sportspeople from Oran Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics French male épée fencers Jewish French sportspeople French police officers Jewish male épée fencers Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic fencers of France Olympic medalists in fencing International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Algerian Jews