Charles Collignon (7 September 1877 in

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- 19 July 1925) was a French fencer and Olympic champion in

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...

competition. He received a gold medal in ''épée team'' at the

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."1908 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Fencing"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on June 26, 2008)

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French male épée fencers Olympic fencers of France Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France 1877 births 1925 deaths Fencers from Paris Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics 20th-century French people {{France-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub