Jean-Claude Magnan

Jean-Claude Magnan
The French Olympic foil team in 1972 (Talvard, Magnan, Noël, Revenu and Berolatti)
Personal information
Born (1941-06-04) 4 June 1941 (age 83)
Aubagne, France
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Team foil
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Individual foil
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team foil
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1963 Naples Individual foil

Jean-Claude Magnan (born 4 June 1941 in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône) is a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition, and a medalist in three successive Olympics.[1]

He received a gold medal in foil team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, together with Gilles Berolatti, Christian Noël, Daniel Revenu and Jacques Dimont.[2] He participated and received medals at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 summer Olympics.

He also won a gold medal at the 1963 Mediterranean Games in the individual foil event.[3]

  1. ^ "Jean-Claude Magnan Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  2. ^ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Fencing" Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 21, 2008)
  3. ^ "Olympedia – Jean-Claude Magnan". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 20 April 2023.