Jean-Claude Magnan
Jean-Claude Magnan medal table |
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Magnan (second from left) with the 1972 Olympic team |
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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 )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Magnan, Jean-Claude |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French foil fencer and Olympic champion |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1941 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aubagne , France |