Jacques Dimont
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| Full name | Jacques René Émile Dimont | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 February 1945 Carvin, France | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 December 1994 (aged 49) Avignon, France | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
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Jacques René Émile Dimont (2 February 1945 – 31 December 1994[1][2]) was a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition.
He received a gold medal in the team foil at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, together with Gilles Berolatti, Christian Noël, Jean-Claude Magnan and Daniel Revenu.[3]
He was married to the swimmer Danièle Dorléans.[4]
Dimont died in 1994, at the age of 49.[5] The cause of death was suicide.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jacques Dimont, médaillé d'or aux Jeux de Mexico, est mort - Libération". www.liberation.fr. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012.
- ↑ "Jacques Dimont Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ↑ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Fencing" Archived 29 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 21 June 2008)
- ↑ "Jacques Dimont, médaillé d'or aux Jeux de Mexico, est mort". Libération (in French). Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- 1 2 "Jacques Dimont". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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