Henri Guérin (fencer)

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Henri Guérin
medal table

fencing

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gold London 1948 Epee team
fencing World championships
gold Lisbon 1947 Epee team
silver Monte Carlo 1950 Epee team

Henri Guérin (born May 20, 1905 in Paris , † October 11, 1967 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ) was a French sword fencer .

successes

Henri Guérin was world champion with the team in Lisbon in 1947 and vice world champion in Monte Carlo in 1950 . At the Olympic Games in London in 1948, however, he just missed a medal win in the individual competition as fourth. In the team competition he also reached the final round with the French team, which France finished undefeated in first place. Besides Guérin were Édouard Artigas , Henri Lepage , Marcel Desprets , Maurice Huet and Michel Pécheux thus Olympic champion .

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