Michel Pécheux

Michel Pécheux medal table
Michel Pécheux (1938)
fencing
France
Olympic games
bronze	Berlin 1936	Epee team
gold	London 1948	Epee team
World championships
gold	Warsaw 1934	Epee team
gold	Lausanne 1935	Epee team
silver	Paris 1937	Epee team
gold	Piešťany 1938	Sword
gold	Piešťany 1938	Epee team
gold	Lisbon 1947	Epee team
silver	Monte Carlo 1950	Epee team

Michel Pécheux (born May 24, 1911 in Saint-Brieuc , † August 29, 1985 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ) was a French sword fencer .

successes

Michel Pécheux was world champion in Piešťany in 1938 in both individual and team competitions , and he won the title with the team in Warsaw in 1934 , in Lausanne in 1935 and in Lisbon in 1947 . In 1937 in Paris and in 1950 in Monte Carlo , he secured silver with the team. He took part in the Olympic Games twice: in 1936 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the individual competition in Berlin , while he moved into the final with the team. This was finished in third place behind Italy and Sweden , so that Pécheux received the bronze medal together with Georges Buchard , Philippe Cattiau , Henri Dulieux , Bernard Schmetz and Paul Wormser . At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 , he also reached the final round with the French team in the team competition, which France finished undefeated in first place. Besides Pécheux were Maurice Huet , Henri Lepage , Marcel Desprets , Henri Guerin and Édouard Artigas thus Olympic champion .

Web links

• Michel Pécheux in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )