Armand Mouyal
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| Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 October 1925 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 July 1988 (aged 62) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Armand Mouyal (13 October 1925 – 15 July 1988) was a French epee world champion fencer.
Born in Oran, French Algeria, Mouyal was Jewish.[1][2][3]
Fencing career
Mouyal began fencing in the early 1950s.[1]
Mediterranean Games
He competed at the Mediterranean Games in 1951 where he won a silver medal in the team épée event and in 1955 where he won a gold medal in the team épée event.[4]
National championships
Mouyal, a French police officer, won the French national individual épée title in 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, and 1959.[5]
World championships
Mouyal won the world individual épée championship in 1957.[5]
He participated in team épée, winning a world championship gold medal in 1951; silver in 1953, 1955, 1961, and 1963; and bronze in 1954 and 1958.[5]
World rankings
Mouyal was ranked No. 5 in the world in 1955, and 8th in 1956.[5]
Olympics
He was eliminated in the first round of the individual event and the second round of the team event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
He was a member of the French team that won a bronze medal in team épée at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He advanced to the semifinals in individual épée.[6][7]
At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he placed seventh in individual épée, reaching the finals, and the French épée team was eliminated in the second round.[1]
Hall of Fame
Mouyal was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.[5]