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Sport
  
Fencing

Name
  
Jacques Lataste

Role
  
Olympic athlete


Born
  
7 June 1922 (
1922-06-07
)
La Grand-Combe, France

Olympic medals
  
Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

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Jacques Lataste (7 June 1922 – 10 November 2011) was a French fencer. He won two gold medals and a silver in the team foil event at three different Olympics.

Olympic success

  • Gold medal in the team foil at Summer Olympics in 1948 alongside Adrien Rommel, Andre Bonnin, Christian d'Oriola, Jehan Buhan and Rene Bougnol.
  • Gold medal in the team foil at Summer Olympics in 1952 alongside Adrien Rommel, Christian d'Oriola, Claude Nette, Jacques Christmas and Jehan Buhan.
  • Silver medal in the team foil to Summer Olympics of 1956.

    • References

    Jacques Lataste Wikipedia
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