Jean Levavasseur (8 June 1924 – 10 February 1999) was a French fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team

sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ...

event at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. He competed World Fencing Championships in

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

, winning a silver medal in the team sabre event, in

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

, winning a gold medal in the individual sabre event and a silver medal in the team sabre event, and in

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

, winning a bronze medal in the team sabre event. He won a silver medal at the

1955 Mediterranean Games The 1955 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the II Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Barcelona 1955, were the 2nd Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Barcelona, Spain over 10 days, from 15 to 25 July 1955, where 1,135 athl ...

in the team sabre event.

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* 1924 births 1999 deaths French male sabre fencers Olympic fencers for France Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics 20th-century French people Fencers at the 1955 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing {{France-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub