Family tree of Gaston SALMON
Fencing, Gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games
Born Gaston Joseph Clément Marie SALMON
Belgian épée, foil, and sabre fencer
Born on March 5, 1878 in Marcinelle, Hainaut , Belgium
Died on April 30, 1918 in Veurne, Flandre Occidentale , Belgium
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... Gaston Joseph Clement Marie Salmon (5 March 1878 – 30 April 1918) was a Belgian épée, foil, and sabre fencer. He was Jewish.
Early and personal life
Salmon was born in Marcinelle, in the city of Charleroi, in Belgium, and was Jewish. His parents were Emile Telesphore Joseph and his wife Antoinette Cecile Josephe Marie (nee Crispin). He married Ferdinande Betsy Ermens, and lived in Etterbeek. In World War I he enlisted in the Belgian Army on 14 May 1917. He was killed in an air raid by a German plane at Veurne, Belgium, in April 1918, aged 40, and is buried in the Belgian Military Cemetery in Westvleteren.
Olympic fencing career
Salmon represented Belgium at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, competing in three events, winning a gold medal in team épée. He also competed in two individual events, but was eliminated in the first round of both the individual foil and individual sabre. The team included artist Jacques Ochs.
See also
List of select Jewish fencers
List of Jewish Olympic medalists
References
Further reading
Joseph Siegman (2000). Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Hall of Fame. Brassey's. ISBN 978-1-57488-284-1.
External links
Olympic record
Jews in Sports bio
Gaston Salmon at Olympedia
Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0
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