Armand Mouyal
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| Birth name | Armand Mouyal | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 October 1925 Oran, French Algeria | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 July 1988 (aged 62) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
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Armand Mouyal (13 October 1925 – 15 July 1988) was a French epee fencer.
Fencing career
Born in Oran, French Algeria, Mouyal began fencing in the early 1950s.[1]
National championships
Mouyal, a French police officer, won the French national individual épée title in 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, and 1959.[2]
World championships
Mouyal won the world individual épée championship in 1957.[2]
He participated in team épée, winning a world championship gold medal in 1951; silver in 1953, 1955, 1961, and 1963; and bronze 1954 and 1958.[2]
World rankings
Mouyal was ranked No. 5 in the world in 1955, and 8th in 1956.[2]
Olympics
He was eliminated in the first round of the individual event and the second round of the team event at the 1952 Summer Olympics Games.[1]
He was a member of the French team that won a bronze medal in team épée at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He advanced to the semifinals in individual épée.[3][4]
At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he placed seventh in individual épée, reaching the finals, and the French épée team was eliminated in the second round.[1]
Hall of Fame
Mouyal, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Mouyal, Armand". Jews In Sports. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Armand Mouyal". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Olympics Statistics: Armand Mouyal". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ "Armand Mouyal Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
External links
- 1925 births
- 1988 deaths
- Sportspeople from Oran
- Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- French fencers
- Jewish French sportspeople
- French police officers
- Jewish fencers
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Olympic fencers of France
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Male fencers