Eugène Empeyta (12 September 1892 – 20 May 1951) was a Swiss fencer. He competed in foil and

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

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

and

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

with the best result of fifth place in the team épée in 1920. From 1929 to 1932 he served as president of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime, and in 1924–1925 and 1939–1943 he headed the Swiss Fencing Federation.Le Challenge Eugène Empeyta
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* 1892 births 1951 deaths Swiss male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Switzerland Fencers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Geneva Swiss male foil fencers {{Switzerland-fencing-bio-stub