Jean-Joseph Renaud Athlete

Jean-Joseph Renaud (16 January 1873 – 8 December 1953) was a French fencer. He competed at the 1900 and 1908 Summer Olympics.He was also a prolific journalist, author and playwright whose books La Defense dans la Rue (Self Defence in the Street - 1912) and L'escrime (fencing - 1911) are recognised as an important contribution to early 20th century literature on those subjects. He was a proponent of the field of honor, saying: "From every point of view dueling is beneficent." He refereed many duels (including ones involving Clemenceau and Leon Blum) and fought at least 15 himself (being a fencing master, all but 4 were fought with pistols; he was victorious in all of them).

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Birth dateJanuary 16, 1873
Birth place
Paris , France
Date of deathDecember 08, 1953
Place of death
Paris , France

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