Daniel Revenu

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Daniel Revenu
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Born 5 December 1942 (1942-12-05) (age 69)
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Daniel Revenu (born December 5, 1942) is a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition, and medalists in four successive Olympics.

Daniel Revenu is the son of French fencing coach Ernest Revenu, from Melun. In the 1960s and 1970s Revenu Sr. trained Olympic, world and national fencing champions - Bruno Boscherie, Bernard Talvard, Hugues Leseur, Daniel Provost, Jacky Courtillat, Frédéric Pietruska and his own son Daniel.[1]

Daniel Revenu received a gold medal in foil team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, together with Gilles Berolatti, Christian Noël, Jean-Claude Magnan and Jacques Dimont. He participated and received medals at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 summer Olympics.[2]

[edit] Family

Daniel Revenu currently lives in the small village of Vert-Saint-Denis, near Paris, 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.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Quand Melun dominait l'Europe. Le Parisien. April 15, 2005. Retrieved 09-26-2010.
  2. ^ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Fencing" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 21, 2008)
  3. ^ "Daniel Revenu Biography and Statistics" Sports-Reference.com (Retrieved on January 25, 2009)
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