Sport Fencing Club Salle Bouche | Name Roger Ducret Role Olympic athlete | |
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Died January 8, 1962, Paris, France Similar People Lucien Gaudin, Alexandre Lippmann, Giulio Gaudini, Nedo Nadi, Aldo Nadi | ||
Roger Ducret (2 April 1888 – 8 January 1962) was a French fencer who competed at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics. At the 1924 Summer Olympics he entered five events out of six and earned a gold or silver medal in each of them, winning individual medals in all three competitive fencing disciplines: épée, foil and sabre. During his times, only one fencer did better, the Italian – Nedo Nadi won five gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
During World War I Ducret was a prisoner of war. After retiring from competitions he worked as a journalist for Le Figaro, L'Echo des Sports and other newspapers.
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