Eugène-Henri Gravelotte
French fencer (1876–1939)
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's fencing | ||
Representing  France | ||
 | 1896 Athens | Foil |
Eugène-Henri Gravelotte (6 February 1876 – 23 August 1939) was a French fencer. He was the first modern Olympic champion in foil and first French gold medalist, winning the event at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1] He was born in Paris.
Gravelotte was undefeated in his group for the preliminary round, defeating Greek fencers Athanasios Vouros, Konstantinos Komninos-Miliotis, and Georgios Balakakis in succession. He then faced fellow Frenchman Henri Callot, who had gone undefeated in the other group, in the final. Gravelotte won that match 3–2.[2]
Gravelotte died in Bénodet on 23 August 1939, aged 63.
References
External links
- Eugène-Henri Gravelotte at Olympedia
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Olympic Fencing Champions in Men's Individual Foil
- 1896:
Eugène-Henri Gravelotte (FRA) - 1900: Émile Coste (FRA)
- 1904:
Ramón Fonst (CUB) - 1912:
Nedo Nadi (ITA) - 1920: Nedo Nadi (ITA)
- 1924: Roger Ducret (FRA)
- 1928: Lucien Gaudin (FRA)
- 1932: Gustavo Marzi (ITA)
- 1936: Giulio Gaudini (ITA)
- 1948: Jehan Buhan (FRA)
- 1952: Christian d'Oriola (FRA)
- 1956: Christian d'Oriola (FRA)
- 1960:
Viktor Zhdanovich (URS) - 1964:
Egon Franke (POL) - 1968:
Ion Drîmbă (ROU) - 1972: Witold Woyda (POL)
- 1976:
Fabio Dal Zotto (ITA) - 1980: Vladimir Smirnov (URS)
- 1984: Mauro Numa (ITA)
- 1988: Stefano Cerioni (ITA)
- 1992: Philippe Omnès (FRA)
- 1996: Alessandro Puccini (ITA)
- 2000:
Kim Young-ho (KOR) - 2004: Brice Guyart (FRA)
- 2008:
Benjamin Kleibrink (GER) - 2012:
Lei Sheng (CHN) - 2016: Daniele Garozzo (ITA)
- 2020:
Cheung Ka Long (HKG)
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