Béchir Bouazzat (5 October 1908 – 12 April 1944) was a French

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anc ...

of Tunisian descent. He competed at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. He was killed during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

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1908 births 1944 deaths French male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes of France Modern pentathletes at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tunis French civilians killed in World War II Friendly fire incidents of World War II {{France-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub