- Yves Dreyfus
Yves Dreyfus (born
May 17 ,1931 ) was aJewish Frenchepee fencer.A 3-time member of the French Olympic épée team, Dreyfus won two medals during his Olympic career.
Fencing career
French Championship
Dreyfus won the French national épée championship in 1964.
World Championships
He won the bronze medal at the 1962 World Championship, and the silver medal at the 1963 World Championship. [http://sports123.com/fen/mw-ep.html]
Olympics
Competing exclusively in the team épée event at the 1956
Melbourne Olympic Games, in the finals Dreyfus and the French lost toHungary andItaly , but defeatedGreat Britain in the third place match to win thebronze medal (one of the British fencers wasAllan Jay ).In 1960 in the
Rome Olympics, Dreyfus competed in both the team and individual events, but did not medal in either competition. In the team épée, the French were eliminated in the 2nd round, but Dreyfus reached the final in the individual event. He won his pool in the 1st round, survived a fence-off (elimination match) in the 2nd round, and advanced through the quarterfinals and semifinals without much difficulty. In the final, he finished in 6th place while French teammateArmand Mouyal finished in 7th (AmericanAlbert Axelrod won the bronze medal).Dreyfus' last Olympic appearance was in 1964 at the
Tokyo Games, where he won another bronze medal as a member of France's épée team. He also competed in the individual competition, advancing to the 2nd round, but was then eliminated.Maccabiah Games
He also won the
gold medal in the individual épée event at the 1961Maccabiah Games , and then won both the gold medal in the team and individual épée events at the 1977 Maccabiah Games.Miscellaneous
Dreyfus was still fencing in Masters events in 2001. [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://escrimemonaco.chez-alice.fr/Html/echos17.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=14&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Yves%2BDreyfus%2522%2Bepee%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-US]
Links
* [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:-ydcxdQCreAJ:www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm%3Filkid%3DDREYFYVE01+Yves+Dreyfus+epee+team&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1 Olympic medals]
* [http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=240 Jews in Sports bio]
* [http://www.jewishsports.net/medalists.htm Jewish Olympic Medalists]
* [http://jewprom.50webs.com/JewPromSite.htm List of Jewish Fencers]
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