Claude Netter
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| Born | 23 October 1924 Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 June 2007 (aged 82) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Claude Netter (23 October 1924, in Paris, France – 13 June 2007) was a French foil fencer.
Netter competed in three Olympiads for the French foil team, winning two medals.[1] Netter was Jewish.[2]
Fencing career
French Championships
Netter was the French national foil champion in 1952.[1]
World Championships
Netter was a member of the French team that won the gold medal at the World Championships in 1951 and 1953, and in 1959 he won silver at the World Championships in the individual foil competition.[1]
Olympics
Netter won a gold medal in team foil at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.[3] The French team defeated Egypt (15–1), Hungary (12–4), and Italy (8–6) in the finals.
He won a silver medal in team foil in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and placed 6th in individual foil.[4]
Netter's final Olympic appearance was in Rome at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the team foil competition. The French team placed 5th.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Claude Netter Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900871.
- ^ "Olympics Statistics: Claude Netter". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Netter, Claude". Jews in Sports. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- 1924 births
- 2007 deaths
- French male fencers
- Jewish French sportspeople
- Jewish fencers
- Olympic fencers of France
- Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Sportspeople from Paris
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics