Eugène Olivier

Eugène Olivier

Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
	London 1908	Team épée
	London 1908	Individual épée

Eugène Olivier (17 September 1881 in Paris – 5 May 1964) was a French fencer and Olympic épée champion.

He received a bronze medal in épée individual and a gold medal in épée team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.^[1][2]

He was a surgeon, Chirurgien des Hopitaux, Grand Patron, and Professor of Anatomy at the Sorbonne. He wrote a book on anatomy with illustrated drawings that was still in use by students in the '50s called simply the Olivier. He also wrote a 12-volume book on genealogy. He collected rare books, many of them with notes and signed by the author, some by Balzac. He also collected postal letters (before envelopes and stamps), rare stamps and antique cast iron chimney plaques with coats of arms. He was a member of the Academy de Medecine and des Arts et Lettres.

References

1. "1908 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Fencing" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 26, 2008)
2. "Eugène Olivier Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-04-03.