Béchir Bouazzat (5 October 1908 – 29 December 1944) was a French

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic multisport that consists of five events: fencing (one-touch épée followed by direct elimination), freestyle swimming, obstacle course racing, laser pistol shooting, and cross country running. The sport wa ...

of Tunisian descent. He competed at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. He was killed during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

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1908 births 1944 deaths French male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for France Modern pentathletes at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tunis French civilians killed in World War II Friendly fire incidents of World War II 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub