Armand Mouyal
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Armand Mouyal was a French
epee fencer
.
, Algeria
, Mouyal began fencing in the early 1950s, and was as skilled with the foil as with the épée (although he chose to compete internationally in the latter).
, captured French national Individual Épée titles in 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, and 1959.
The French gendarme
was also a key factor in leading his national Épée team to 7 World Championships Team medals: gold in 1951; silver 1953, 1955, 1961, 1963; and bronze 1954 and 1958.
Olympic Games, he was eliminated in the 1st round of the individual event while the French team reached the 2nd round.
At the 1956 Melbourne
Games and helped lead France to the bronze medal
in the team épée competition. He also competed in the individual event, and advanced to the semifinals.
At the 1960 Rome
Games, the French épée team was eliminated from the competition in the 2nd round. He reached the finals of the individual competition, but finished in 7th place. One of his teammates in 1956 and 1960 was Yves Dreyfus
.
in 1988.http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/ArmandMouyal.htm
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
epee fencer
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
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Fencing career
Born in OranOran
Oran is a major city on the northwestern Mediterranean coast of Algeria, and the second largest city of the country.It is the capital of the Oran Province . The city has a population of 759,645 , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1,500,000, making it the second largest...
, Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
, Mouyal began fencing in the early 1950s, and was as skilled with the foil as with the épée (although he chose to compete internationally in the latter).
National Championships
Mouyal, a French police officerPolice officer
A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
, captured French national Individual Épée titles in 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, and 1959.
World Championships
Mouyal won the World Individual Epee Championship in 1957.http://sports123.com/fen/mw-ep.htmlThe French gendarme
Gendarmerie
A gendarmerie or gendarmery is a military force charged with police duties among civilian populations. Members of such a force are typically called "gendarmes". The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary describes a gendarme as "a soldier who is employed on police duties" and a "gendarmery, -erie" as...
was also a key factor in leading his national Épée team to 7 World Championships Team medals: gold in 1951; silver 1953, 1955, 1961, 1963; and bronze 1954 and 1958.
Olympics
At the 1952 HelsinkiHelsinki
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Olympic Games, he was eliminated in the 1st round of the individual event while the French team reached the 2nd round.
At the 1956 Melbourne
Melbourne
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Games and helped lead France to the bronze medal
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
in the team épée competition. He also competed in the individual event, and advanced to the semifinals.
At the 1960 Rome
Rome
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Games, the French épée team was eliminated from the competition in the 2nd round. He reached the finals of the individual competition, but finished in 7th place. One of his teammates in 1956 and 1960 was Yves Dreyfus
Yves Dreyfus
Yves Dreyfus is a Jewish French epee fencer.A 3-time member of the French Olympic épée team, Dreyfus won two medals during his Olympic career.-World Championships:...
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Hall of Fame
Mouyal, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of FameInternational Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame was opened July 7, 1981, in Netanya, Israel. It honors Jewish athletes and their accomplishments from anywhere around the world....
in 1988.http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/ArmandMouyal.htm