Alexandre Lippmann (11 June 1881 – 23 February 1960) was a French Olympic champion épée fencer. He won two Olympic gold medals, as well as three other Olympic medals.
Early and personal life Lippmann was born in Paris, France, in the 17th arrondissement. Through his mother, Marie-Alexandrine-Henriette Dumas, he was the grandson of Alexandre Dumas and great-grandson of French writer Alexandre Dumas, author of The Three Musketeers.Three Musketeers: A Study of the Dumas Family - André Maurois His father was Jewish.The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame - Joseph M. SiegmanDay by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob WechslerJews and the Olympic Games: sport: a springboard for minorities - Paul Yogi Mayer Lippmann was also a genre painter.
Fencing career In 1909, Lippmann won the French épée championship.
He won five medals, including two gold medals, at three different Olympic Games: a team gold and an individual silver in the 1908 Olympics in London at 26 years of age, a team bronze and individual silver in the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp at 38 years of age, and a team gold in the 1924 Olympics in Paris at the age of 42.
Lippmann missed out on the opportunity to fence in the 1912 and 1916 Olympic Games; French fencers did not compete at the former in Stockholm because France disagreed with the rules of the competition, and the latter were cancelled due to World War I.Fencing at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.comThe 1912 Stockholm Olympics: Essays on the Competitions, the People, the City
Death and legacy Lippmann died in 1960 in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. He was posthumously inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.
See also List of select Jewish fencers List of Jewish Olympic medalists
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