Jean-Joseph Renaud
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
16 January 1873 Paris, France |
| Died |
8 December 1953 (aged 80) Paris, France |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Jean-Joseph Renaud (16 January 1873 – 8 December 1953) was a French fencer. He competed at the 1900 and 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
He was also a prolific journalist, author and playwright whose books La Defense dans la Rue (Self Defence in the Street - 1912) and L'escrime (fencing - 1911) are recognised as an important contribution to early 20th century literature on those subjects. He was a proponent of the field of honor, saying: "From every point of view dueling is beneficent." He refereed many duels (including ones involving Clemenceau and Leon Blum) and fought at least 15 himself (being a fencing master, all but 4 were fought with pistols; he was victorious in all of them).
References
- ↑ "Jean-Joseph Renaud Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
Notes
Afternoon in the Attic, by John Kobler, copyright 1943-1950