Daniel Revenu is a French

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...

 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...

 and Olympic champion in foil

Foil (fencing)

A foil is a type of weapon used in fencing. It is the most common weapon in terms of usage in competition, and is usually the choice for elementary classes for fencing in general.- Components:...

 competition, and medalists in four successive Olympics.

Daniel Revenu is the son of French fencing coach Ernest Revenu, from Melun

Melun

Melun is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Located in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, Melun is the capital of the department, as the seat of an arrondissement...

. In the 1960s and 1970s Revenu Sr. trained Olympic, world and national fencing champions - Bruno Boscherie

Bruno Boscherie

Bruno Boscherie is a French fencer who took part in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.Boscherie was trained by Ernest Revenu in Melun, alongside with teammates Daniel Revenu, Bernard Talvard, Hugues Leseur, Daniel Provost, Jacky Courtillat and Frédéric Pietruszka.Boscherie became Olympic fencing...

, Bernard Talvard

Bernard Talvard

Bernard Talvard is a French fencer. He won three bronze medals in the foil events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...

, Hugues Leseur, Daniel Provost, Jacky Courtillat

Jacky Courtillat

Jacky Courtillat is a French Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.-References:...

, Frédéric Pietruska and his own son Daniel.

Daniel Revenu received a gold medal in foil team at the 1968 Summer Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...

 in Mexico City

Mexico City

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, together with Gilles Berolatti

Gilles Berolatti

Gilles Berolatti is a French fencer and olympic champion in foil competition.He received a gold medal in the team foil at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, together with Daniel Revenu, Christian Noël, Jean-Claude Magnan and Jacques Dimont.-References:...

, Christian Noël

Christian Noël

Christian Noël is a French fencer and olympic champion in foil competition, and medalists in four successive Olympics.He received a gold medal in foil team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, together with Gilles Berolatti, Daniel Revenu, Jean-Claude Magnan and Jacques Dimont...

, Jean-Claude Magnan

Jean-Claude Magnan

Jean-Claude Magnan is a French fencer and olympic champion in foil competition, and medalists in three successive Olympics....

 and Jacques Dimont

Jacques Dimont

Jacques Dimont was a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition.He received a gold medal in the team foil at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, together with Gilles Berolatti, Christian Noël, Jean-Claude Magnan and Daniel Revenu.-References:...

. He participated and received medals at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 summer Olympics.

Family

Daniel Revenu currently lives in the small village of Vert-Saint-Denis

Vert-Saint-Denis

Vert-Saint-Denis is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-External links:* * * *...

, near 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...

, with his wife, Marie-Thérèse. He has two daughters, Isabelle and Agnès, and a son, Benoit, and four grandchildren named Jérémy, Clément, Alice, and Thibaud.