Claus Mørch Sr. (16 April 1912 – 14 March 2004) was a Norwegian fencer. He competed in the individual and team

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 ...

events at the

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. His son

Claus Mørch Jr. Claus Mørch Jr. (born 18 February 1947) is a Norwegian fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. His father, Claus Mørch Sr. fenced for Norway at the 1948 Summer Olympics and his daughter, Margrete Mørch, co ...

fenced for Norway at the

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and his granddaughter,

Margrete Mørch Margrete Mørch (born 23 June 1977) is a Norwegian fencer. Biography She is the granddaughter of Claus Mørch Sr., daughter of Claus Mørch Jr. and niece of Ole Mørch, who all fenced for Norway at the Olympics. She grew up at Bygdøy in Osl ...

, fenced at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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* 1912 births 2004 deaths Norwegian male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Norway Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-fencing-bio-stub