Jacques Coutrot (10 April 1898 – 17 September 1965) was a French fencer. He won medals in the

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competition at two Olympic Games. He was the President of the

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from 1949 to 1952. He competed at the

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where he won a silver medal in the épée event and a bronze medal in the Individual épée event.

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* 1898 births 1965 deaths Fencers from Paris French male foil fencers Olympic fencers for France Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 1951 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub