Daniel Revenu
The French Olympic foil team in 1972 (Talvard, Magnan, Noël, Revenu and Berolatti).
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born(1942-12-05)5 December 1942
Issoudun, Indre, German-occupied France
Died2 January 2024(2024-01-02) (aged 81)
Melun,Seine et Marne
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportFencing
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Individual foil
Bronze medal – third place Tokyo 1964 Team foil
Bronze medal – third place Mexico City 1968 Individual foil
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal Team foil
Championships Worldwide
Gold medal – first place 1971 Team foil
Gold medal – first place 1975 Team foil
Silver medal – second place 1965 Individual foil
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Team foil

Daniel Revenu (5 December 1942 – 2 January 2024) was a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition, and medalist in four successive Olympics.

Biography

Daniel Revenu was born on 5 December 1942, the son of French fencing coach Ernest Revenu, from Melun. In the 1960s and 1970s Ernest Revenu trained Olympic, world and national fencing champions - Bruno Boscherie, Bernard Talvard, Hugues Leseur, Daniel Provost, Jacky Courtillat, Frédéric Pietruszka and his own son Daniel.[1]

Revenu received a gold medal in foil team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, together with Gilles Berolatti, Christian Noël, Jean-Claude Magnan, and Jacques Dimont. He participated and received medals at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 summer Olympics.[2]

Daniel Revenu died on 2 January 2024, at the age of 81.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Quand Melun dominait l'Europe. Le Parisien. 15 April 2005. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Fencing" Archived 29 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 21 June 2008)
  3. ↑ "Décès de Daniel Revenu, champion olympique de fleuret par équipe aux JO 1968". L'Équipe. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.


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