Jean Stern (fencer)
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Jean Stern (19 February 1875 – 15 December 1962) was a French Olympic champion
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 ...
fencer.


Personal life

Stern was Jewish. He was born in Paris, the son of French banker Louis Stern (1840-1900).''Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports'' - Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver
/ref> His father was the son of Antoine Jacob Stern, also well known in banking circles, and a scion of the wealthy Stern family of the AJ Stern & Co. banking house. Jean Stern was also the cousin of composer
Fernand Halphen Fernand Gustave Halphen (18 February 1872 – 16 May 1917) was a French Jewish composer. Life and career Fernand Halphen was the son of Georges Halphen, a diamond merchant, and of Henriette Antonia Stern (1836–1905), who was from the Stern ban ...
, and nephew of actress Sophie Croizette. In 1904 Stern married Claude Lambert, daughter of Baron Léon Lambert and Baroness Zoe Lucie de Rothschild.


Olympic fencing career

Stern competed with the French épée team at the
1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...
in London at 33 years of age. During the Games, the French team defeated Denmark (10-6), Great Britain (12-5), and Belgium (9-7), and won the
gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
. Stern also competed in the individual épée event, finishing in 12th place.


See also

* List of Jewish fencers


References


External links

*
Jews in Sports bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stern, Jean 1875 births 1962 deaths French male épée fencers Jewish French sportspeople Jewish male épée fencers Rothschild family Olympic fencers for France Olympic gold medalists for France Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Fencers from Paris Olympic medalists in fencing Stern family (banking)