Armand Mouyal
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Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1925-10-13)13 October 1925 Oran, French Algeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 July 1988(1988-07-15) (aged 62) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Armand Mouyal (13 October 1925 – 15 July 1988) was a French epee world champion fencer.
Early and personal life
Born in Oran, French Algeria, Mouyal was Jewish.[1][2][3]
Fencing career
Mouyal began fencing in the early 1950s.[1]
Mediterranean Games
He competed at the Mediterranean Games in 1951 where he won a silver medal in the team épée event and in 1955 where he won a gold medal in the team épée event.[4]
National championships
Mouyal, a French police officer, won the French national individual épée title in 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, and 1959.[5]
World championships
Mouyal won the world individual épée championship in 1957.[5]
He participated in team épée, winning a world championship gold medal in 1951; silver in 1953, 1955, 1961, and 1963; and bronze 1954 and 1958.[5]
World rankings
Mouyal was ranked No. 5 in the world in 1955, and 8th in 1956.[5]
Olympics
He was eliminated in the first round of the individual event and the second round of the team event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
He was a member of the French team that won a bronze medal in team épée at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He advanced to the semifinals in individual épée.[6][7]
At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he placed seventh in individual épée, reaching the finals, and the French épée team was eliminated in the second round.[1]
Hall of Fame
Mouyal was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Mouyal, Armand". Jews In Sports. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ Day by Day in Jewish Sports History – Bob Wechsler
- ^ Jews and the Olympic Games: sport: a springboard for minorities – Paul Yogi Mayer
- ^ "Olympedia – Armand Mouyal". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Armand Mouyal". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Olympics Statistics: Armand Mouyal". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ "Armand Mouyal Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
External links
- Jewish Sports bio
- Jews in Sports bio
- Jewish Sports Legends bio
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