- Alexandre Lippmann
Alexandre Lippmann (born 1880, date of death unknown) was a French Olympic
epee fencer.Fencing career
Olympics
He competed in 3
Olympiad s for France, winning 5 medals, including 2 golds.He won a
gold medal in Team Épée and a silver in Individual Épée at the 1908 Games inLondon .He took the silver in Individual Épée and bronze in Team Épée at the
1920 Olympics inAntwerp .He won his second gold medal, in Team Épée, at the
Paris Games of 1924.Hall of Fame
Lippmann, who was
Jewish , was inducted into theInternational Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1984. [http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/AlexandreLippmann.htm]Links
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LIPPMALE01 Olympic statistics]
* [http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/AlexandreLippmann.htm Jewish Sports bio]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=lvszXWxqAR4C&pg=RA1-PA75&lpg=RA1-PA75&dq=%22jewish+sports+legends%22+allan+jay&source=web&ots=37b0Eu9H41&sig=VtctN-ReJZybhmupnjSBdU3MstE#PRA1-PA76,M1 Jewish Sports Legends bio]
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