Georges de Bourguignon

Georges de Bourguignon medal table
fencing
Belgium Belgium
Olympic games
bronze	London 1948	Foil team
World championships
bronze	Liege 1930	Foil team
silver	Lisbon 1947	saber
silver	Lisbon 1947	Saber crew

Georges Camille Marcel de Bourguignon (born February 15, 1910 in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert , † December 31, 1989 ) was a Belgian fencer .

successes

Georges de Bourguignon won bronze with the foil team at the 1930 World Championships in Liège . In 1947 he was runner-up in both individual and team competitions in Lisbon with the saber. He took part in the Olympic Games four times : in 1932 in Los Angeles he missed the finals in the individual competitions with the foil and the saber. Four years later he finished fifth with the foil team in Berlin , while he finished eighth in the individual. At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 , he moved into the final round with the Belgian foil team, the de Bourguignon together with André van de Werve de Vorsselaer , Henri Paternóster , Raymond Bru , Paul Valcke and Édouard Yves on the bronze rank behind France and Italy completed. He was also a member of the saber team, with which he just missed another medal win in fourth. In 1952 he finished fifth with the saber team in Helsinki .

Georges de Bourguignon in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Bourguignon, Georges de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bourguignon, Georges Camille Marcel de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian fencer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 15, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH	December 31, 1989