Claude Netter (23 October 1924, in
Paris, France
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– 13 June 2007) was a French Olympic champion
foil
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fencer.
Netter competed in three
Olympiad
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s for the French foil team, winning two medals.
Netter was Jewish.
Fencing career
French Championships
Netter was the French national foil champion in 1952.
World Championships
Netter was a member of the French team that won the gold medal at the World Championships in 1951, 1953 and 1958. In 1959 he won silver at the World Championships in the individual foil competition.
Olympics
Netter won a
gold medal
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in team foil 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 ...
in
Helsinki
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.
The French team defeated Egypt (15–1), Hungary (12–4), and Italy (8–6) in the finals.
He won a
silver medal
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in team foil in the
1956 Summer Olympics
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in
Melbourne
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and placed 6th in individual foil.
Netter's final Olympic appearance was in Rome 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 ...
in the team foil competition. The French team placed 5th.
See also
*
List of select Jewish fencers
References
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1924 births
2007 deaths
French male foil fencers
Jewish French sportspeople
Jewish male foil fencers
Olympic fencers of France
Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for France
Olympic silver medalists for France
Olympic medalists in fencing
Fencers from Paris
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing
Fencers at the 1951 Mediterranean Games