Charles Delporte (11 March 1893 – 9 October 1960) was a Belgian fencer and Olympic champion in

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...

competition. He won a gold medal in ''épée individual'' at the

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 ...

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, and a silver medal with the Belgian team."1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Fencing"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 1 July 2008)

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* 1893 births 1960 deaths Belgian male fencers Olympic fencers for Belgium Fencers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in fencing Year of death unknown Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics 20th-century Belgian people {{Belgium-fencing-bio-stub