Lucien Gaudin

Lucien Gaudin 1912

Lucien Gaudin (born September 27, 1886 in Arras , France , † September 23, 1934 ) was a French fencer , world champion and Olympic champion.

Life

Gaudin's sporting career spanned from 1903 to 1929. He is undisputedly the best French fencer of the period before the Second World War. He was the only one so far to win, alongside Nedo Nadi, at the same Olympic Games, namely at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, two gold medals in singles, with epee and foil . He defeated the German silver medal winner Erwin Casmir in foil with the help of cognac , aspirin and a massage. After his sporting career, he committed suicide in 1934 after his film company went bankrupt.

Success at the Summer Olympics

1920: Silver foil team
1924: Gold epee team
1924: Gold Foil Team
1928: Gold epee singles
1928: Gold foil singles
1928: Silver foil team

More Achievements

1903: French master student
1905: world champion
1906–1914: 9 times French foil master
1918: world champion
1921: European sword champion

Others

The Lucien Gaudin Cocktail is named after Gaudin. It is considered a "prohibition cocktail", so its creation is assigned to the years of prohibition in the United States (1920–1933), although the recipe was only published in a bar book in 1947. When and where the drink was made, whether Gaudin knew it or even tried it himself, is not known.

Web links

Lucien Gaudin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

^ Jean-Pierre de Mondenard: Dictionnaire du dopage. Masson, 2004, ISBN 9782294007149 , p. 28. Limited preview in Google book search
↑ Silvie Josse: L'Âge de Lucien Gaudin. In: L'Équipe. July 28, 2015, accessed January 8, 2019 (French).
↑ ^a ^b Ted Haigh: Vintage Spirits Forgotten Cocktails. Quarry Books, Gloucester (Massachusetts), 2004, ISBN 978-1-610-59482-0 , p. 127 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
↑ Trader Vic: Bartender's Guide. Trader Vic's Book of Food and Drink . Reprint 1948. Garden City Books, New York 1947, pp. 149 (English, collectif1806.com [PDF; 38.4 MB ; accessed on January 8, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Gaudin, Lucien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French fencer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 27, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH	Arras
DATE OF DEATH	September 23, 1934

[buch-RjAInSNJkbYC-28-1] Jean-Pierre de Mondenard: Dictionnaire du dopage. Masson, 2004, ISBN 9782294007149 , p. 28. Limited preview in Google book search

[équipe-2] Silvie Josse: L'Âge de Lucien Gaudin. In: L'Équipe. July 28, 2015, accessed January 8, 2019 (French).

[haigh-3] Ted Haigh: Vintage Spirits Forgotten Cocktails. Quarry Books, Gloucester (Massachusetts), 2004, ISBN 978-1-610-59482-0 , p. 127 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

[tradervic-4] Trader Vic: Bartender's Guide. Trader Vic's Book of Food and Drink . Reprint 1948. Garden City Books, New York 1947, pp. 149 (English, collectif1806.com [PDF; 38.4 MB ; accessed on January 8, 2019]).