Alexandre Lippmann

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Alexandre Lippmann
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gold 1908 London Epee team
gold 1924 Paris Epee team
silver 1908 London Sword
silver 1920 Antwerp Sword
bronze 1920 Antwerp Epee team

Alexandre Auguste Lippmann (born June 11, 1881 in Paris ; † February 23, 1960 there ) was a French sword fencer and two-time Olympic champion .

Lippmann first took part in the Olympic Games in London in 1908 . With the French team he won the gold medal in epee fencing. In the individual competition he finished second behind his compatriot Gaston Alibert . Twelve years later at the games in Antwerp he won the bronze medal in the team competition and the silver medal in the individual behind his teammate Armand Massard . In 1924 in Paris he took part again with the French team and won his second Olympic gold medal.

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