Daniel Revenu | |
Nationality: | French |
Birth Date: | 5 December 1942 |
Birth Place: | Issoudun, Indre, German-occupied France |
Death Place: | Melun,Seine et Marne |
Height: | 186 cm |
Country: | France |
Sport: | Fencing |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Daniel Revenu (5 December 1942 – 2 January 2024) was a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition, and medalist in four successive Olympics.
Daniel Revenu was born on 5 December 1942, the son of French fencing coach Ernest Revenu, from Melun. In the 1960s and 1970s Ernest Revenu trained Olympic, world and national fencing champions - Bruno Boscherie, Bernard Talvard, Hugues Leseur, Daniel Provost, Jacky Courtillat, Frédéric Pietruszka and his own son Daniel.[1]
Revenu received a gold medal in foil team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, together with Gilles Berolatti, Christian Noël, Jean-Claude Magnan, and Jacques Dimont. He participated and received medals at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 summer Olympics.[2]
Daniel Revenu died on 2 January 2024, at the age of 81.[3]