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Born | 30 November 1906 Mexico City, Mexico |
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Died | 24 May 1981 San Francisco, California, United States |
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Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||
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Miguel de Capriles (30 November 1906 – 24 May 1981) was an American fencer and was a former President of the FIE. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1932 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the team sabre at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
He was also an attorney and, in later life a professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. He taught classes relating to business law, such as accounting for lawyers and corporations.