Jacques Lefèvre

Jacques Lefèvre medal table
fencing
France
Olympic Summer Games
bronze	Helsinki 1952	Saber crew
World championships
silver	Cairo 1949	Saber crew
silver	Monte Carlo 1950	Saber crew
bronze	Luxembourg 1954	Saber crew
bronze	Paris 1965	Saber crew
bronze	Moscow 1966	Saber crew

Jacques Édmond Émile Lefèvre (born February 1, 1928 in Marseille ) is a former French saber fencer .

successes

Jacques Lefèvre was runner-up with the team in Cairo in 1949 and in Monte Carlo in 1950 . He also won bronze with her in Luxembourg in 1954 , in Paris in 1965 and in Moscow in 1966 . He took part in the Olympic Games five times : in 1948 he finished fifth in the team competition in London with the French team, while in fourth he narrowly missed the podium in the individual. At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 , however , he finished the team competition behind Hungary and Italy in third place and thus received the bronze medal with Jean Levavasseur , Jean-François Tournon , Bernard Morel , Jean Laroyenne and Maurice Piot . In the singles he was sixth. Four years later he missed another medal win in Melbourne , finishing fourth in the individual and team competition. In Rome, he was eliminated in the preliminary round of the individual in 1960 and reached fifth place with the team. With the French team, he finished fourth again at the 1964 Olympic Games and finished the individual competition in ninth place.

Web links

• Jacques Lefèvre in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )