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Jean Cottard is a French fencer who was born on 14 July, 1926 in Paris, France. He is best known for his success in the individual foil event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he won the gold medal. Cottard began fencing at the age of 15 and was soon competing in international competitions. He won the French national championship in 1948 and 1949, and was a member of the French team that won the world championship in 1949. At the 1952 Olympics, Cottard won the gold medal in the individual foil event, defeating the Italian fencer Giulio Gaudini in the final. He also competed in the team foil event, but the French team was eliminated in the first round. Cottard continued to compete in international competitions until the late 1950s, and was a member of the French team that won the world championship in 1957. He retired from competitive fencing in 1959. Cottard is 94 years old.

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Age 94 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 14 July, 1926
Birthday 14 July
Birthplace Paris, France
Date of death December 01, 2020
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Nationality France

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2020

Jean Cottard died in Antibes on 1 December 2020 at the age of 94.

1951

Cottard was the French military champion of fencing in 1951 and won the French fencing championship in 1951, 1954, 1958, and 1960. He then coached the French National Fencing Team from 1956 to 1972, leading the team to 12 gold, 13 silver, and 23 bronze medals at various Olympic Games and World Fencing Championships. He was constantly reelected to the French Fencing Federation from 1988 until his death and helped collaborate with the French Federation of Adapted Sport.

1926

Jean Cottard (14 July 1926 – 1 December 2020) was a French foil fencer. He earned his Master of Arms at Fort Carré in 1949. The coach of Christian d'Oriola, he became the first National Technical Director of France in 1964. He served as a member of the French Federation of Fencing from 1988 until his death.

Born in Paris in 1926, Cottard grew up playing basketball, table tennis, and track. He practiced athletics with Gilbert Omnès and boxing with Roger Sauvignac. He performed his military service in French Tunisia in 1945 at the end of World War II, where an uncle taught him fencing. He entered Fort Carré in 1946 and became a fencing master three years later. He began teaching at Cambridge University in 1952 and at Racing Club de France from 1953 to 1972.