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Sport
  
Fencing

Club
  
SEG, Geneve

Name
  
Eugene Empeyta


Eugene Empeyta

Born
  
12 September 1892 (
1892-09-12
)
Geneva, Switzerland

Died
  
20 May 1951(1951-05-20) (aged 58) Geneva, Switzerland

Eugène Empeyta (12 September 1892 – 20 May 1951) was a Swiss fencer. He competed in foil and épée events at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics with the best result of fifth place in the team épée in 1920. From 1929 to 1932 he served as president of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime, and in 1924–1925 and 1939–1943 he headed the Swiss Fencing Federation.

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Eugène Empeyta Wikipedia