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Gaston Alibert

Gaston Alibert
Gaston Alibert 1908.jpg
Gaston Alibert (1908)
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1908 London Épée individual
Gold medal – first place London 1908 Épée team

Gaston Alibert (February 22, 1878 in Paris – December 26, 1917) was a French fencer and olympic champion in épée competition.

He received a gold medal in épée individual and a gold medal in épée team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Eight years before, Alibert already participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris placing seventh in the épée individual event. He contacted tuberculosis while at the front in World War I.



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