Sport Fencing Role Olympic athlete | Name Alexandre Lippmann Events Epee | |
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Born 11 June 1881 ( 1881-06-11 ) Paris, France Club Cercle de l'Escrime de Paris Died February 23, 1960, Paris, France Parents Marie-Alexandrine-Henriette Dumas, Maurice Lippmann Grandparents Alexandre Dumas, fils, Nadjeschda von Knorring Great-grandparents Alexandre Dumas, Marie-Laure-Catherine Labay People also search for Roger Ducret, Gaston Alibert | ||
Alexandre Lippmann (11 June 1881 – 23 February 1960) was a French epee fencer. He won five medals, including two gold medals, at three different Olympic Games: a team gold and an individual silver in 1908, a team bronze and individual silver in 1920, and a team gold in 1924.
Lippmann, himself Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.
Lippmann was also a genre painter. Through his mother, Marie-Alexandrine-Henriette Dumas, he was the great-grandson of French writer Alexandre Dumas.
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