Paul Meister
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Paul Meister (born January 20, 1926 in Basel ; † December 17, 2018 ) was a Swiss sword fencer and Romanist .
successes
Paul Meister received his doctorate in 1954 from the University of Basel with a thesis on the French author, historian and encyclopedist Charles Duclos .
As a fencer he took part in three Olympic Games : at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki , he won the bronze medal in the team competition. The team also included Mario Valota , Paul Barth , Otto Rüfenacht , Willy Fitting and Oswald Zappelli . In the individual competition he was eliminated with 1: 6 wins as eighth of his group in the quarter-finals. In 1960 he finished the team competition with the Swiss team in Rome in fifth place and in 1964 in Tokyo in seventh place. In 1956 he became Swiss champion in the epee singles.
From 1943 until his death, Meister was a member of the Fechtgesellschaft Basel , of which he was an honorary member.
Web links
- Paul Meister in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Meister: Charles Duclos (1704–1772) . Genève: Droz, 1956. (Diss., Univ. Basel 1954). Source: SWB online catalog
- ↑ a b Our honorary member, Dr. Paul Meister, died on December 17th, 2018. In: fechtgesellschaftbasel.ch. Fechtgesellschaft Basel , accessed on February 24, 2019 .
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| SURNAME | Master, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss sword fencer and Romanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th December 2018 |