Alexandre Lippmann

Alexandre Lippmann
Personal information
Born (1881-06-11)11 June 1881
Paris, France
Died 23 February 1960(1960-02-23) (aged 78)
Paris, France
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event(s) Épée
Club Cercle de l'Escrime de Paris

Alexandre Lippmann (11 June 1881 23 February 1960) was a French épée 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.[1][2][3][4]

Lippmann, himself Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.[3][5][6][7][8]

Lippmann was also a genre painter. Through his mother, Marie-Alexandrine-Henriette Dumas, he was the great-grandson of French writer Alexandre Dumas.[2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Alexandre Lippmann Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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  6. Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. pp. 206–. ISBN 978-0-88125-969-8.
  7. Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SP Books. pp. 104–. ISBN 978-1-56171-028-7.
  8. Paul Yogi Mayer (1 March 2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: sport : a springboard for minorities. Vallentine Mitchell. ISBN 978-0-85303-451-3.
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