Yves Dreyfus

Yves Dreyfus (17 May 1931 – 16 December 2021) was a French epee fencer who won two bronze medals as part of the French Olympic épée team, one in 1956 and one in 1964.

Life and career Dreyfus was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France, to Raoul Andre Dreyfus and Nelly Caroline Haas on May 17, 1931, and was Jewish. He survived the Nazi occupation of France as a child despite being Jewish by taking the name Yves Doucet. In 1955, he was married to Marie Lise Levy.

1956 At the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne at the age of 25 he won a bronze medal in team épée. The French epee team defeated Germany in the Quarter Finals, but lost to Hungary 9-3 in the semi-finals. 1960's fencing power Hungary took the team gold with frequent rival Italy the silver.

World championships He took an individual bronze in the 1954 World Championships in Luxembourg, taking a total of nine medals in those games.

He took team medals in the World Championships, fencing in épée, securing Gold in 1962, 1965, and 1966, and taking silver in 1961, 1963 and 1967.

Mediterranean Games, French nationals He won a gold medal at the 1963 Mediterranean Games in the individual épée event. In 1964, he won the French national championship in épée.

Maccabiah Games He won a gold medal in individual épée at the 1961 Maccabiah Games. He won gold medals in both individual epee and team epee at the 1977 Maccabiah Games. He later became a Master of Arms.

In 2017, he received the Fair Play Award from Alain Calmat, given by the French Association for Sport Without Violence and For Fair Play. Calmat was a Jewish Olympic Figure Skater and World Champion, and lived a life of public service.

Dreyfus died on 16 December 2021, at the age of 90 in Ceyrat, Puy-de-Dôme, France. He wrote three books on fencing in his career, and participated in Masters Fencing as late as 2001.