Frédéric Fitting (12 September 1902 – 18 October 1998) was a Swiss épée and foil fencer. He competed in the

Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

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 ...

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

, and

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

. His brother,

Édouard Fitting Édouard Fitting (15 August 1898 – 7 July 1945) was a Swiss épée and foil fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games. References External links * 1898 births 1945 deaths Swiss male épée fencers Olympic fencers of Switzerland ...

, and sister,

Emma Fitting Emma Fitting-Ramel (21 November 1900 – 13 November 1986) was a Swiss fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Gam ...

, were also Olympic fencers.

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* 1899 births 1998 deaths Swiss male épée fencers Olympic fencers of Switzerland Fencers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Geneva Swiss male foil fencers {{Switzerland-fencing-bio-stub