Georges Tainturier

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Georges Tainturier (1922)

Georges Charles Armand Tainturier (born May 20, 1890 in La Côte-Saint-André , † December 7, 1943 in Cologne ) was a French sword fencer and double Olympic champion.

At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris , Georges Tainturier won the gold medal with the Degen team. He was able to repeat this success at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles . He also won the 1926 International Fencing Championships in the epee singles in Ostend .

After the German Wehrmacht invaded France, Tainturier became involved in the Resistance against the occupiers. As a member of the "Groupe de Compiègne " he was arrested in the small French town on March 7, 1942 with other members of the Resistance by the German military police. As part of waves of arrests following the Night and Fog Decree of December 7, 1941, she was abducted to Germany in September 1942, initially to the prison in Saarbrücken . Tainturier was sentenced to death on October 19, 1943 before the 2nd Senate of the People's Court - whether in his presence is not known. He was executed together with seven companions on December 7, 1943 in Cologne.

In memory of Tainturier, a fencing club was named after him in Compiègne.

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SURNAME Tainturier, Georges
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tainturier, Georges Charles Armand (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sword fencer and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH La Cote-Saint-André
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 1943
Place of death Cologne