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Lucien Gaudin

1886 - 1934

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Lucien Alphonse Paul Gaudin (27 September 1886 – 23 September 1934) was a French fencer. He competed in foil and in épée events at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics and won a gold or silver medal in every event he entered, accumulating four gold and two silver medals total. This record is tied for the best French Olympics performance, matching fencers Christian d'Oriola (four gold and two silver) then followed by both Philippe Cattiau and Roger Ducret (three gold, four silver and one bronze). Gaudin also won two international champion's titles in épée (1905 and 1918), the European title in épée (1921, first edition) and nine consecutive French titles in foil (1906–1914). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucien Gaudin is the 9th most popular fencer (up from 15th in 2019), the 3,083rd most popular biography from France (up from 3,757th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Lucien Gaudin ranks 9 out of 349. Before him are Ilona Elek, Daniel Revenu, Paul Anspach, Helene Mayer, Olga Szabó-Orbán, and Endre Kabos. After him are Émile Coste, Gianluigi Saccaro, Lajos Werkner, Pál Kovács, Győző Kulcsár, and Ramón Fonst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Lucien Gaudin ranks 130. Before him are José Linhares, Marthe Bibesco, Ty Cobb, Jean Hersholt, Rash Behari Bose, and Georgios Tsolakoglou. After him are May Ziade, Saburō Kurusu, Yehuda Ashlag, Fernand Crommelynck, Bertha Krupp, and Grigory Neujmin. Among people deceased in 1934, Lucien Gaudin ranks 86. Before him are Roger Fry, François Coty, Maria Zankovetska, James Mark Baldwin, João do Canto e Castro, and Marie Dressler. After him are Baby Face Nelson, Rudolf Maister, Willem Kes, Alfred Bruneau, Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, and Edgar Jung.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lucien Gaudin ranks 3,083 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol (1786), Louis Rosier (1905), Charles Despiau (1874), Marie-José Nat (1940), Gershom ben Judah (960), and Alexis Korner (1928). After him are Peter Fourier (1565), Bernard Werber (1961), Aemilia Hilaria (300), William of Conches (1080), Robert Garnier (1534), and Pierre Wantzel (1814).

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Among FENCERS In France

Among fencers born in France, Lucien Gaudin ranks 2. Before him are Daniel Revenu (1942). After him are Émile Coste (1862), Roger Ducret (1888), Jehan Buhan (1912), Herman Georges Berger (1875), André Labatut (1891), Gaston Alibert (1878), Alexandre Lippmann (1881), Jacques Ochs (1883), Christian Noël (1945), and Michel Pécheux (1911).

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