Georges Charles Armand Tainturier (20 May 1890 – 7 December 1943) was a French fencer who won 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 ...

gold medals at the 1924 and 1932 Olympics. In 1926 he won an unofficial world title in the individual épée. Tainturier fought in

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, was wounded, received the

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and was made a Knight of the

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. During

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he was a prominent member of the

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. He was arrested in 1942 and executed in 1943. A fencing club is named after him in

Compiègne Compiègne (; pcd, Compiène) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It is located on the river Oise. Its inhabitants are called ''Compiégnois''. Administration Compiègne is the seat of two cantons: * Compiègne-1 (with 19 c ...

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* 1890 births 1943 deaths French male épée fencers Olympic fencers for France Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics French people executed by Nazi Germany Sportspeople from Vienne, Isère Executed people from Rhône-Alpes French Resistance members Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany People executed by Germany by decapitation French civilians killed in World War II {{France-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub