Eugène Olivier

Eugène Olivier medal table
Eugène Olivier
fencing
France France
Olympic games
bronze	London 1908	Sword
gold	London 1908	Epee team

Eugène Victor Olivier (born September 17, 1881 in Paris ; † May 5, 1964 ibid) was a French fencer , medic and university professor .

Life

Eugène Olivier took part in the 1908 Olympic Games in London . In the individual, he reached the final , in which he had to play off with four wins against Alexandre Lippmann and Robert Montgomerie . After a loss to Lippmann, he prevailed against Montgomerie and won the bronze medal. In the team competition, after victories over Denmark and Great Britain , the French team entered the battle for gold against Belgium , in which France remained victorious and became Olympic champion . In 1919 he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor , and in 1938 an officer .

Eugène Olivier was also Professor of Anatomy and taught at the Medical Faculty of Paris.

Web links

Commons : Eugène Olivier - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Eugène Olivier in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

^ Paris, Sorbonne University. Medical Faculty (December 1940): Doctor Olivier, Professor of Anatomy · NuBIS. Retrieved June 2, 2020 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Olivier, Eugène
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Olivier, Eugène Victor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French fencer, medic and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	17th September 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH	5th May 1964
Place of death	Paris , France

[1] Paris, Sorbonne University. Medical Faculty (December 1940): Doctor Olivier, Professor of Anatomy · NuBIS. Retrieved June 2, 2020 (French).