Jean Stern (fencer)

Jean Stern (19 February 1875 – 15 December 1962) was a French Olympic champion épée fencer.

Jean Stern
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born(1875-02-19)19 February 1875
Paris, France
Died15 December 1962(1962-12-15) (aged 87)
Paris, France[1]
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
1908 London Team épée[2]
Updated on 5 August 2016.

Personal life

Stern was Jewish, and was born in Paris, the son of French banker Louis Stern (1844-1900) and Claude Lambert.[3][4][5][1][6][7] His father was the son of Antoine Jacob Stern, also well known in banking circles,[1] and a scion of the wealthy Stern family of the AJ Stern & Co. banking house. His mother was the daughter of banker Léon Lambert and Zoé Lucie Betty de Rothschild, daughter of Gustave de Rothschild from the French branch of the Rothschild family.

Jean Stern was also the cousin of composer Fernand Halphen, and nephew of actress Sophie Croizette. In 1904 Stern married Claude Lambert, daughter of Baron Léon Lambert and Baroness Zoe Lucie de Rothschild.[1]

Olympic fencing career

Stern competed with the French épée team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London at 33 years of age, fencing in their competition against Denmark.[1] The team won the gold medal.[1] Stern also competed in the individual épée event, finishing in 12th place.[2][1]

See also

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jean Stern". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-10-13.
  2. "Jean STERN". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  3. Postal, Bernard; Silver, Jesse; Silver, Roy (1965). Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports.
  4. "Jewish Olympic Medalists (1896–Present) – Jewish Virtual Library".
  5. "Jews in the Olympics". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  6. Everyman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary
  7. Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports - Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver


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