Alexandre Lippmann

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Olympic medal record
Competitor for Flag of France France
Men's fencing
Silver 1908 London Individual epee
Gold 1908 London Team epee
Silver 1920 Antwerp Individual epee
Bronze 1920 Antwerp Team epee
Gold 1924 Paris Team epee

Alexandre Lippmann, born in 1880, was a French Olympic epee fencer.

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[edit] Fencing career

[edit] Olympics

He competed in 3 Olympiads for France, winning 5 medals, including 2 golds.

He won a gold medal in Team Epee and a silver in Individual Epee at the 1908 Games in London.

He took the silver in Individual Epee and bronze in Team Epee at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp.

He won his second gold medal, in Team Epee, at the Paris Games of 1924.

[edit] Hall of Fame

Lippmann, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.[1]

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