Raoul Barouch ( ar, راؤول باروش; born 12 May 1916) was a Jewish fencer who competed in Tunisia. He competed in the individual foil, sabre and épée events at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. Barouch held the North African fencing championship for ten straight years: from 1950 to 1960. When he competed for Tunisia at the 1960 Olympics, he was the country's flag bearer, which remains the only time someone Jewish was ever the flag bearer for an Arab country.

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* 1916 births 2006 deaths Tunisian male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Tunisia Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tunis Tunisian male foil fencers Tunisian male sabre fencers 20th-century Tunisian people {{Tunisia-fencing-bio-stub