| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's fencing | ||
| Competitor for France | ||
| Gold | 1908 London | Team épée |
| Gold | 1924 Paris | Team épée |
| Silver | 1908 London | Individual épée |
| Silver | 1920 Antwerp | Individual épée |
| Bronze | 1920 Antwerp | Team épée |
Alexandre Lippmann (11 June 1881 – 23 February 1960)[1] was a French Olympic epee fencer.
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Alexandre Lippmann was born Auguste-Alexandre Lippmann, the son of Maurice Lippmann and Marie-Alexandrine-Henriette Dumas. Although Alexandre Lippmann's father was Jewish, his maternal grandfather was Alexandre Dumas fils, the eminent author and playwright and the eldest son of Alexandre Dumas pere, novelist, dramatist and raconteur, who was the son of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, general of the French Revolution, who was, himself, the son of a French nobleman and a Haitian slave.
He competed in 3 Olympiads for France, winning 5 medals, including 2 golds.[1]
He won a gold medal in Team Épée and a silver in Individual Épée at the 1908 Games in London.
He took the silver in Individual Épée and bronze in Team Épée at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp.
He won his second gold medal, in Team Épée, at the Paris Games of 1924.
Lippmann, who was Jewish,[2] was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.[3]