Daniel Revenu (born 5 December 1942 in Issoundun, Indre, France) is a French fencer and Olympic champion in

foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ...

competition, and medalists in four successive Olympics. Daniel Revenu is the son of French fencing coach Ernest Revenu, from

Melun Melun () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region, north-central France. It is located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris, about from the centre of the capital. Melun is the prefecture of the Seine-et-Ma ...

. In the 1960s and 1970s Ernest Revenu trained Olympic, world and national fencing champions -

Bruno Boscherie Bruno Boscherie (born 22 February 1951 in Carpentras) is a French Fencing, fencer who took part in the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Boscherie was trained by Ernest Revenu in Melun, along with teammates Daniel Revenu, Bern ...

Bernard Talvard ≠ Bernard Talvard (born 8 October 1947) is a French fencer. He won three bronze medals in the foil events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1975 Mediterranean Games The 1975 Mediterranean Games, officially known a ...

, Hugues Leseur, Daniel Provost,

Jacky Courtillat Jacky Courtillat (born 8 January 1943) is a French fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also won a bronze medal at the 1963 Mediterranean Games The 1963 Mediterranean Games, officially known as ...

, Frédéric Pietruszka and his own son Daniel. Daniel Revenu received a gold medal in ''foil team'' at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...

, together with

Gilles Berolatti Gilles Berolatti (born 4 May 1944) is a French fencer and olympic champion in foil competition. He received a gold medal in the team foil at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, together with Daniel Revenu, Christian Noël, Jean-Claude Ma ...

Christian Noël Christian Noël (born 13 March 1945) is a retired French foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * A ...

Jean-Claude Magnan Jean-Claude Magnan (born 4 June 1941 in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône) is a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition, and a medalist in three successive Olympics. He received a gold medal in foil team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in M ...

and

Jacques Dimont Jacques René Émile Dimont (February 2, 1945 – December 31, 1994) was a French fencing, fencer and Olympic champion in Foil (fencing), foil competition. He received a gold medal in the team foil at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City ...

. He participated and received medals at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 summer Olympics."1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Fencing"
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