Armand Mouyal
{{Short description|French fencer (1925–1988)}}
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Armand Mouyal (13 October 1925 – 15 July 1988) was a French epee world champion fencer.
Early and personal life
Born in Oran, French Algeria, Mouyal was Jewish.[https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&dq=%22Armand+Mouyal%22&pg=PA334 Day by Day in Jewish Sports History – Bob Wechsler][https://books.google.com/books?id=HXuBAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Armand+Mouyal%22 Jews and the Olympic Games: sport: a springboard for minorities – Paul Yogi Mayer]
Fencing career
Mouyal began fencing in the early 1950s.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=67|title=Mouyal, Armand|publisher=Jews In Sports|accessdate=1 May 2015}}
=Mediterranean Games=
He competed at the Mediterranean Games in 1951 where he won a silver medal in the team épée event and in 1955 where he won a gold medal in the team épée event.{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Armand Mouyal |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/21973 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=13 April 2023}}
=National championships=
=World championships=
Mouyal won the world individual épée championship in 1957.
He participated in team épée, winning a world championship gold medal in 1951; silver in 1953, 1955, 1961, and 1963; and bronze in 1954 and 1958.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/ArmandMouyal.htm|title=Armand Mouyal|publisher=International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame|accessdate=1 May 2015}}
=World rankings=
=Olympics=
He was eliminated in the first round of the individual event and the second round of the team event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
He was a member of the French team that won a bronze medal in team épée at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He advanced to the semifinals in individual épée.{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MOUYAARM01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Armand Mouyal |accessdate=18 September 2010 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307162753/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MOUYAARM01 |archivedate=7 March 2012 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/armand-mouyal-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162542/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/armand-mouyal-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Armand Mouyal Olympic Results |accessdate=18 September 2010 |work=sports-reference.com}}
At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he placed seventh in individual épée, reaching the finals, and the French épée team was eliminated in the second round.
Hall of Fame
Mouyal was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/ArmandMouyal.htm Jewish Sports bio]
- [http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=67 Jews in Sports bio]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=lvszXWxqAR4C&dq=%22jewish+sports+legends%22+allan+jay&pg=RA1-PA75 Jewish Sports Legends bio]
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Category:Sportspeople from Oran
Category:Jews and Judaism in Oran
Category:Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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Category:Jewish French sportspeople
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Category:Olympic bronze medalists for France
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Category:Olympic medalists in fencing
Category:International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1951 Mediterranean Games
Category:Fencers at the 1955 Mediterranean Games
Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France