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Gaston Alibert

1878 - 1917

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Gaston Jules Louis Antoine Alibert (22 February 1878 in Paris – 26 December 1917 in Paris) 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 contracted tuberculosis while at the front in World War I and later died in 1917 aged 39. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston Alibert is the 33rd most popular fencer (down from 16th in 2019), the 3,990th most popular biography from France (down from 3,862nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Gaston Alibert ranks 33 out of 349Before him are Herman Georges Berger, Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, Charles Delporte, Manuel Díaz, André Labatut, and Ellen Osiier. After him are Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, Alexandre Lippmann, Jacques Ochs, Franco Riccardi, Grigory Kriss, and Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Gaston Alibert ranks 169Before him are Hans Carossa, Karl Hofer, Chen Qimei, Agner Krarup Erlang, Nikolai Avksentiev, and Carl Sternheim. After him are Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Richard Goldschmidt, František Janda-Suk, Leonhard Kaupisch, Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, and Alexander Svechin. Among people deceased in 1917, Gaston Alibert ranks 86Before him are José Enrique Rodó, Charles Horton Peck, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, Werner Voss, Yevgeni Bauer, and Stanley Maude. After him are Judith Gautier, Ivan Aguéli, Stéphane Javelle, Frans Schollaert, Eduardo Pondal, and Aurel Popovici.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gaston Alibert ranks 3,990 out of 6,770Before him are Frédéric Diefenthal (1968), Michel-Joseph Maunoury (1847), François le Métel de Boisrobert (1592), Geoffrey I of Provence (1013), Lucas Hernandez (1996), and Blondel de Nesle (1155). After him are Pierre-Louis Lions (1956), Roger Michelot (1912), Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1878), Jacques Barrot (1937), Judith Gautier (1845), and Roger Carel (1927).

Among FENCERS In France

Among fencers born in France, Gaston Alibert ranks 8Before him are Lucien Gaudin (1886), Émile Coste (1862), Roger Ducret (1888), Jehan Buhan (1912), Herman Georges Berger (1875), and André Labatut (1891). After him are Alexandre Lippmann (1881), Jacques Ochs (1883), Christian Noël (1945), Michel Pécheux (1911), Jean Stern (1875), and Gilles Berolatti (1944).