Jean-Claude Magnan

Jean-Claude Magnan medal table
Magnan (second from left) with the 1972 Olympic team
fencing
France
Olympic games
silver	Tokyo 1964	foil
bronze	Tokyo 1964	Foil team
gold	Mexico City 1968	Foil team
bronze	Munich 1972	Foil team
World championships
gold	Gdansk 1963	foil
bronze	Gdansk 1963	Foil team
gold	Paris 1965	foil
bronze	Paris 1965	Foil team
silver	Moscow 1966	foil
gold	Vienna 1971	Foil team

Jean-Claude Magnan (born June 4, 1941 in Aubagne ) is a former French foil fencer . He became an Olympic and world champion.

successes

Jean-Claude Magnan became world champion with the team in Vienna in 1971 . He also achieved second place with her in Moscow in 1966 . He also won the title twice: in Gdansk in 1963 and in Paris in 1965 , he secured the title each time. Magnan took part in the Olympic Games four times . 1960 in Rome he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the individual competition and finished fifth with the team. In the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo , he won two medals. In the individual he reached the final round, in which he won two of his battles and was defeated by Egon Franke , so that he received the silver medal. With the team he was defeated in the semi-finals of the Soviet Union , the battle for bronze against Japan was subsequently won 9: 4. 1968 Magnan was fifth in the singles in Mexico City , while he moved with the team in the final against the Soviet Union, which was won 9: 6. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , he again secured bronze with the French team.

Personal

Magnan's daughter Clothilde Magnan was also an Olympic foil fencer. His nephew Jean Galfione became Olympic champion in the pole vault in 1996 .

Web links

• Jean-Claude Magnan in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )