- Henri Anspach
Henri Anspach (born in
Belgium onJuly 10 ,1882 – diedMarch 29 ,1979 ) was aBelgian épée and foil fencer.Olympic Fencing Career
Anspach, who was
not Jewish , was a member of the Belgian fencing team at the 1912Stockholm Olympics, and won agold medal in the team epee competition. His teammates included his brother, individual epee championPaul Anspach , famous artistJacques Ochs , andGaston Salmon .Anspach also competed in individual events, and reached the semifinals in both the individual foil and individual epee, before being eliminated. He finished 16th in foil, and 12th in epee.
Later life
Anspach later became a painter. [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:E762XeNbhZ8J:www.aafla.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1979/ore141/ore141k.pdf+%22Henri+Anspach%22+epee&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=21]
Links
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ANSPAHEN01 Olympic record]
* [http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=196 Jews in Sports bio]
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