Daniel Revenu (5 December 1942 – 2 January 2024) was a French fencer and Olympic champion in

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competition, and medalist in four successive Olympics.

Biography

Daniel Revenu was born on 5 December 1942, the son of French fencing coach Ernest Revenu, from

Melun Melun () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region, north-central France. It is located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris, about from the centre of the capital. Melun is the prefecture of Seine-et-Marne, ...

. In the 1960s and 1970s Ernest Revenu trained Olympic, world and national fencing champions -

Bruno Boscherie Bruno Boscherie (born 22 February 1951 in Carpentras) is a French Fencing, fencer who took part in the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Boscherie was trained by Ernest Revenu in Melun, along with teammates Daniel Revenu, Bern ...

Bernard Talvard Bernard Talvard (born 8 October 1947) is a French fencer. He won three bronze medals in the foil events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1975 Mediterranean Games The 1975 Mediterranean Games, officially known as t ...

, Hugues Leseur, Daniel Provost, Jacky Courtillat,

Frédéric Pietruszka Frédéric Pietruszka (born 13 May 1954) is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1980 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same events at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics. He was president of the French Fencing Fe ...

and his own son Daniel. Revenu received a gold medal in ''foil team'' at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

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, together with Gilles Berolatti,

Christian Noël Christian Noël (born 13 March 1945) is a retired French Foil (fencing), foil fencing, fencer, and medalists in four consecutive Olympics, from 1964 to 1976. He also competed at the Mediterranean Games in Fencing at the 1967 Mediterranean Games, ...

, Jean-Claude Magnan, and

Jacques Dimont Jacques René Émile Dimont (February 2, 1945 – December 31, 1994) was a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition. He received a gold medal in the team foil at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, together with Gilles ...

. He participated and received medals at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 summer Olympics. Daniel Revenu died on 2 January 2024, at the age of 81.

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