Yves Dreyfus (17 May 1931 – 16 December 2021) was a French epee fencer who holds two medals as part of the French Olympic épée team.[2]
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| Born | 17 May 1931 Clermont-Ferrand, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 December 2021 (aged 90) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life and careerEdit
Dreyfus was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France, and was Jewish.[3][4][5][6][7] He survived the Nazi occupation of France as a child despite being Jewish by taking the name Yves Doucet.[8]
Dreyfus was a three-time Olympian for France and won two bronze medals.[9] At the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne at the age of 25 he won a bronze medal in team epee.[4] At the 1960 Olympics in Rome at the age of 29 he came in 6th in individual epee and tied for 9th with the French epee team.[4] At the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo at the age of 33 he fenced in the individual epee and won a bronze medal in the team epee.[4][10]
In 1964, he won the French national championship in epee.[11] He won a gold medal in individual epee at the 1961 Maccabiah Games.[11] He competed for France at the 1965 Maccabiah Games.[12][13] He won gold medals in both individual epee and team epee at the 1977 Maccabiah Games.[11]
In 1966, he was decorated by General Charles de Gaulle.[8] In 1967, he was given the National Order of Merit by the French Council of Ministers.[14] He later became a Master of Arms.[15]
Dreyfus died on 16 December 2021, at the age of 90.[16]
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- "Fencing: World Championships: Men: Epee". Sports 123. Archived from the original on October 12, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Olympics Statistics: Yves Dreyfus". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
- ^ "Yves Dreyfus Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ Yves Dreyfus - Auteur - Ressources de la Bibliothèque nationale de France
- ^ a b c d Yves Dreyfus Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
- ^ Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler
- ^ Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports - Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver
- ^ Jews and the Olympic Games: sport: a springboard for minorities - Paul Yogi Mayer
- ^ a b "Yves Dreyfus et escrime"
- ^ Yves DREYFUS - Olympic Fencing | France
- ^ Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice
- ^ a b c Dreyfus, Yves : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
- ^ The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana on August 22, 1965 · Page 41
- ^ Jewish Post 12 March
- ^ The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle from Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September 29, 1967 · Page 17
- ^ Succès renouvelé pour le tournoi à l’épée - Cournon-d'Auvergne (63800) - La Montagne
- ^ Yves Dreyfus' obituary (in French)