Jean Levavasseur

Jean Levavasseur medal table
fencing
France
Olympic Summer Games
bronze	Helsinki 1952	Saber crew
World championships
silver	Cairo 1949	Saber crew
gold	Monte Carlo 1950	saber
silver	Monte Carlo 1950	Saber crew
bronze	Luxembourg 1954	Saber crew

Jean Georges Levavasseur (born June 8, 1924 in Chatou , † February 10, 1999 in Poissy ) was a French saber fencer .

successes

Jean Levavasseur was world champion singles in Monte Carlo in 1950 . With the team he secured the runner-up in the world championship in Cairo in 1949 and in Monte Carlo in 1950, and he won bronze with her in 1954 in Luxembourg . He took part in the Olympic Games twice: in 1948 he finished fifth in the team competition with the French team in London , while he was eliminated in the individual in the semi-finals. At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 , however , he finished the team competition behind Hungary and Italy in third place and received the bronze medal with Jacques Lefèvre , Jean-François Tournon , Bernard Morel , Jean Laroyenne and Maurice Piot . In the individual, he did not get past the semi-finals again.

Web links

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