Yves Dreyfus

Yves Dreyfus (born May 17, 1931, in Clermont, France) is a French epee fencer who holds two medals as part of the French Olympic épée team.[2]

Yves Dreyfus
Yves Dreyfus (1963)
Personal information
Born (1931-05-17) 17 May 1931
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  France
Men's fencing[1]
1956 Melbourne Epee team
1964 Tokyo Epee team
Maccabiah Games
1961 IsraelIndividual Epee
1977 IsraelIndividual Epee
1977 IsraelTeam Epee

Biography

He was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France, and is Jewish.[3][4][5][6][7] He survived the Nazi occupation of France as a child despite being Jewish by taking the name Yves Doucet.[8]

Dreyfus was a three-time Olympian for France, and won two bronze medals.[9] At the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne at the age of 25 he won a bronze medal in team epee.[4] At the 1960 Olympics in Rome at the age of 29 he came in 6th in individual epee and tied for 9th with the French epee team.[4] At the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo at the age of 33 he fenced in the individual epee and won a bronze medal in the team epee.[4][10]

In 1964 he won the French national championship in epee.[11]

He won a gold medal in individual epee at the 1961 Maccabiah Games.[11] He competed for France at the 1965 Maccabiah Games.[12][13] He won gold medals in both individual epee and team epee at the 1977 Maccabiah Games.[11]

In 1966, he was decorated by General Charles de Gaulle.[8] In 1967, he was given the National Order of Merit by the French Council of Ministers.[14]

He later became a Master of Arms.[15]

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See also

Further reading
  • "Fencing: World Championships: Men: Epee". Sports 123. Archived from the original on October 12, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
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References
  1. "Olympics Statistics: Yves Dreyfus". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
  2. "Yves Dreyfus Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  3. Yves Dreyfus - Auteur - Ressources de la Bibliothèque nationale de France
  4. Yves Dreyfus Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
  5. Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler
  6. Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports - Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver
  7. Jews and the Olympic Games: sport: a springboard for minorities - Paul Yogi Mayer
  8. "Yves Dreyfus et escrime"
  9. Yves DREYFUS - Olympic Fencing | France
  10. Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice
  11. Dreyfus, Yves : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  12. The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana on August 22, 1965 · Page 41
  13. Jewish Post 12 March
  14. The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle from Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September 29, 1967 · Page 17
  15. Succès renouvelé pour le tournoi à l’épée - Cournon-d'Auvergne (63800) - La Montagne
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