Julian Eligiusz Aleksandrovich Michaux (russian: Юлиан Александрович Александрович Мишо, 1 December 1867 – 11 December 1925), born in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

Congress Poland Congress Poland, Congress Kingdom of Poland, or Russian Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. It w ...

, was a polish fencer. He competed in the individual masters

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

1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 1 ...

where he finished 5th. His great-grandfather in the beginning of the 19th century came from

Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...

, now part of Belgium, to Warsaw - thus the french family name.

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* 1867 births 1925 deaths People from Congress Poland Male fencers from the Russian Empire Fencers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Polish sports coaches Burials at Powązki Cemetery Polish Army officers Fencers from Warsaw People from Warsaw Governorate Olympic fencers for the Russian Empire {{Poland-fencing-bio-stub