Philippe Bena (14 January 1952 – 4 December 2012) was a French fencer. He competed in the individual and 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 ...

events at the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

and

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

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* 1952 births 2012 deaths French male sabre fencers Olympic fencers for France Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{France-fencing-bio-stub