Alexandre Lippmann
Encyclopedia
Alexandre Lippmann (11 June 1881 – 23 February 1960) was a French
Olympic
epee fencer
.
s for France, winning 5 medals, including 2 golds.
He won a gold medal
in Team Épée and a silver in Individual Épée at the 1908 Games in London
.
He took the silver in Individual Épée and bronze in Team Épée at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp.
He won his second gold medal, in Team Épée, at the Paris
Games of 1924.
in 1984.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Olympic
Olympic Games
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epee fencer
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
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Olympics
He competed in 3 OlympiadOlympiad
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s for France, winning 5 medals, including 2 golds.
He won a gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
in Team Épée and a silver in Individual Épée at the 1908 Games in London
London
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He took the silver in Individual Épée and bronze in Team Épée at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp.
He won his second gold medal, in Team Épée, at the Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
Games of 1924.
Hall of Fame
Lippmann, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of FameInternational Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame was opened July 7, 1981, in Netanya, Israel. It honors Jewish athletes and their accomplishments from anywhere around the world....
in 1984.