Eugène Henri Callot (20 December 1875 – 22 December 1956) was a French fencer. He competed at the

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. He was born in

La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle'') is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department. Wi ...

. Callot won the

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in the amateur

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event. He went undefeated in his preliminary round group, defeating Henri Delaborde, Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, and

Ioannis Poulos Ioannis Poulos was a Greek fencer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Poulos competed in the amateur foil event. He placed fourth of four in his preliminary group after losing all of his bouts, to Henri Callot Eugène ...

. He then faced fellow Frenchman

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, who had gone undefeated in the other preliminary group, in a final match. There, he lost to Gravelotte 3–2. He was also a student of

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and

Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (8 August 1797 – 5 May 1890) was a French painter. Biography Born in Cologne, he was sent by his family to Paris, and after travelling in Italy returned to France and made his first appearance at the Salon in 1824 ...

. He exhibited at the Salon des artistes français, of which he was a member from 1898. Port of la rochelle

Callot died in

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on 22 December 1956, aged 80.

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* 1875 births 1956 deaths Fencers at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century French sportsmen French male foil fencers Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic fencers for France Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from La Rochelle {{France-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub