Jean Maurice Perronet
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Fencing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 1896 Athens | Masters foil | |
Jean Maurice Perronet was a French fencer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Perronet was a fencing master and the only professional allowed to compete in the Olympic Games at the time. Two such masters, Perronet and Leonidas Pyrgos of Greece, competed in a special foil fencing event at the first modern Olympics. The two faced each other in an event that consisted of a single bout to three touches. Perronet lost the bout, 3-2.
