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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