Yves Dreyfus

Dreyfus was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France, and was Jewish.[3][4][5][6][7] He survived the Nazi occupation of France as a child despite being Jewish by taking the name Yves Doucet.[8]

Dreyfus was a three-time Olympian for France and won two bronze medals.[9] At the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne at the age of 25 he won a bronze medal in team epee.[4] At the 1960 Olympics in Rome at the age of 29 he came in 6th in individual epee and tied for 9th with the French epee team.[4] At the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo at the age of 33 he fenced in the individual epee and won a bronze medal in the team epee.[4][10]

He won a gold medal at the 1963 Mediterranean Games in the individual épée event.[11] In 1964, he won the French national championship in epee.[12] He won a gold medal in individual epee at the 1961 Maccabiah Games.[12] He competed for France at the 1965 Maccabiah Games.[13][14] He won gold medals in both individual epee and team epee at the 1977 Maccabiah Games.[12]

In 1966, he was decorated by General Charles de Gaulle.[8] In 1967, he was given the National Order of Merit by the French Council of Ministers.[15] He later became a Master of Arms.[16]

Dreyfus died on 16 December 2021, at the age of 90.[17]

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