At the world championships, official and unofficial, Lemoine won an individual gold in 1931 and a bronze in 1937. He also won team silver medals in 1930, 1934, 1935 and 1937.[2]
Lemoine was the son of a general manager of Peugeot and was trained in mathematics and law. After briefly studying in Chad, he went to Equatorial Africa in 1938 and became a coffee farmer and exporter of colonial goods. During World War II, he headed the civil and military resistance in Central African Republic and supported French forces of Charles de Gaulle. In 1940, he was jailed by the Vichy authorities, but released after 1.5 months. He then fought in Madagascar and Northern Africa. After the war Lemoine resumed trading agricultural products. He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour and was awarded the Croix de Guerre, among other military decorations. Until 1981 he served as a French representative for the Central High Council of French Abroad.[2]
Referencesedit
^"Olympics Statistics: René Lemoine". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
^ abc. sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
rené, lemoine, rené, alphonse, lemoine, december, 1905, december, 1995, french, fencer, gold, medal, team, foil, event, 1932, summer, olympics, silver, same, event, 1936, summer, olympics, 1931personal, informationborn, 1905, december, 1905meurthe, moselle, fr. Rene Alphonse Lemoine 29 December 1905 19 December 1995 was a French fencer He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1932 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1936 Summer Olympics 1 2 Rene LemoineRene Lemoine in 1931Personal informationBorn 1905 12 29 29 December 1905Meurthe et Moselle FranceDied19 December 1995 1995 12 19 aged 89 Paris FranceSportSportFencingMedal record Representing FranceOlympic Games1932 Los Angeles Team foil1936 Berlin Team foilAt the world championships official and unofficial Lemoine won an individual gold in 1931 and a bronze in 1937 He also won team silver medals in 1930 1934 1935 and 1937 2 Lemoine was the son of a general manager of Peugeot and was trained in mathematics and law After briefly studying in Chad he went to Equatorial Africa in 1938 and became a coffee farmer and exporter of colonial goods During World War II he headed the civil and military resistance in Central African Republic and supported French forces of Charles de Gaulle In 1940 he was jailed by the Vichy authorities but released after 1 5 months He then fought in Madagascar and Northern Africa After the war Lemoine resumed trading agricultural products He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour and was awarded the Croix de Guerre among other military decorations Until 1981 he served as a French representative for the Central High Council of French Abroad 2 References edit Olympics Statistics Rene Lemoine databaseolympics com Retrieved 2 May 2010 a b c Rene Lemoine Olympic Results sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 2 May 2010 External links editRene Lemoine at Olympedia nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a fencing Olympic medalist of France is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rene Lemoine amp oldid 1181953353, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
