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Height
  
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)

Sport
  
Fencing

Name
  
Armand Massard

Weight
  
84 kg (185 lb)

Event(s)
  
epee

Armand Massard
Born
  
1 December 1884
Paris, France

Died
  
9 April 1971 (aged 86)Paris, France

Armand Emile Nicolas Massard (1 December 1884 – 9 April 1971) was a French epee fencer who competed at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he won an individual gold and team bronze medal, and in 1928 he earned a team silver medal.

Massard was a journalist and the editor-in-chief of La Presse, La Liberte and Le Figaro. He was president of the French Fencing Federation and of the Comite National Olympique et Sportif Francais from 1933 to 1967. In 1946 he became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and in 1969 its honorary member; he served as the IOC Executive Board Member in 1950–51 and 1956–57, and as Vice-President in 1952–55. Massard was also Vice-President of the Municipal Council of Paris.

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