Daniel Revenu
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 December 1942 Issoudun, Indre, German-occupied France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 January 2024 (aged 81) Melun,Seine et Marne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Revenu (5 December 1942 – 3 January 2024) was a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition, and medalist in four successive Olympics.
Biography[edit]
Daniel Revenu was born on 5 December 1942, the son of French fencing coach Ernest Revenu, from Melun. In the 1960s and 1970s Ernest Revenu trained Olympic, world and national fencing champions - Bruno Boscherie, Bernard Talvard, Hugues Leseur, Daniel Provost, Jacky Courtillat, Frédéric Pietruszka and his own son Daniel.[1]
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]
Daniel Revenu died on 3 January 2024, at the age of 81.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Quand Melun dominait l'Europe. Le Parisien. 15 April 2005. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Fencing" Archived 29 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 21 June 2008)
- ^ "Décès de Daniel Revenu, champion olympique de fleuret par équipe aux JO 1968". L'Équipe. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
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