Carl von Essen (18 October 1940 – 11 November 2021) was a Swedish fencer and Olympic champion. He competed at the

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, where he won a gold medal 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 ...

with the Swedish team. Von Essen represented Föreningen för Fäktkonstens Främjande and

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. Von Essen died in

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on 11 November 2021, at the age of 81.

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* 1940 births 2021 deaths People from Jönköping Swedish male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Sweden Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Jönköping County 20th-century Swedish people 21st-century Swedish people Djurgårdens IF fencers Föreningen för Fäktkonstens Främjande fencers {{Sweden-fencing-bio-stub