Georges de la Falaise
French fencer (1866–1910)
De La Falaise in 1900 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Men's fencing | ||
Representing France | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1900 Paris | Sabre | |
Intercalated Games | ||
1906 Athens | Épée | |
1906 Athens | Team épée |
Louis Venant Gabriel Le Bailly de La Falaise (24 March 1866 in Luçon – 8 April 1910 in Paris) was a French fencer.[1] He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the gold medal in the sabre,[2] defeating fellow French fencer Henri Masson in the final. He also participated in Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics but was beaten in the final round, finishing in last place.
By his wife, the former Henriette Hennessy, he had four children:
- Louise Le Bailly de La Falaise, (1894-1910)
- James Henry Le Bailly de La Falaise, 1898–1972), who married American movie stars Gloria Swanson and Constance Bennett
- Alain Le Bailly de La Falaise, (1905–1977), first husband of model Maxime de la Falaise and father of fashion muse/designer Loulou de la Falaise
- Richard Le Bailly de La Falaise, (1910–1945)
References
External links
- Georges de La Falaise at Olympics.com
- Georges de La Falaise at Olympedia
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Olympic Fencing Champions in Men's Individual Sabre
- 1896: Ioannis Georgiadis (GRE)
- 1900: Georges de la Falaise (FRA)
- 1904: Manuel Díaz (CUB)
- 1908: Jenő Fuchs (HUN)
- 1912: Jenő Fuchs (HUN)
- 1920: Nedo Nadi (ITA)
- 1924: Sándor Pósta (HUN)
- 1928: Ödön Tersztyánszky (HUN)
- 1932: György Piller (HUN)
- 1936: Endre Kabos (HUN)
- 1948: Aladár Gerevich (HUN)
- 1952: Pál Kovács (HUN)
- 1956: Rudolf Kárpáti (HUN)
- 1960: Rudolf Kárpáti (HUN)
- 1964: Tibor Pézsa (HUN)
- 1968: Jerzy Pawłowski (POL)
- 1972: Viktor Sidyak (URS)
- 1976: Viktor Krovopuskov (URS)
- 1980: Viktor Krovopuskov (URS)
- 1984: Jean-François Lamour (FRA)
- 1988: Jean-François Lamour (FRA)
- 1992: Bence Szabó (HUN)
- 1996: Stanislav Pozdnyakov (RUS)
- 2000: Mihai Covaliu (ROU)
- 2004: Aldo Montano (ITA)
- 2008: Zhong Man (CHN)
- 2012: Áron Szilágyi (HUN)
- 2016: Áron Szilágyi (HUN)
- 2020: Áron Szilágyi (HUN)
- 2024: Oh Sang-uk (KOR)
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