Daniel Revenu

Daniel Revenu (born December 5, 1942 in Issoundun, Indre, France) is a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition, and medalists in four successive Olympics.

Daniel Revenu
The French Olympic foil team in 1972 (Talvard, Magnan, Noël, Revenu and Berolatti).
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1942-12-05) 5 December 1942
Issoudun, Indre, France
Sport
CountryFrance
SportFencing

Daniel Revenu is the son of French fencing coach Ernest Revenu, from Melun. In the 1960s and 1970s Ernest Revenu trained Olympic, world and national fencing champions - Bruno Boscherie, Bernard Talvard, Hugues Leseur, Daniel Provost, Jacky Courtillat, Frédéric Pietruszka and his own son Daniel.[1]

Daniel Revenu received a gold medal in foil team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, together with Gilles Berolatti, Christian Noël, Jean-Claude Magnan and Jacques Dimont. He participated and received medals at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 summer Olympics.[2]

References

  1. Quand Melun dominait l'Europe. Le Parisien. April 15, 2005. Retrieved 09-26-2010.
  2. "1968 Summer Olympics Mexico City, Mexico Fencing" Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 21, 2008)


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