Jean Stern (fencer)
{{Short description|French fencer (1875–1962)}}
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| full_name = Léon Antoine Jean•Stern
| nationality = French
| ethnicity = Jewish
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|12|15|1875|2|19|df=y}}
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| Sport = Fencing, épée
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Jean Stern (19 February 1875 – 15 December 1962) was a French Olympic champion épée fencer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/22052 |title=Jean Stern |work=Olympedia |access-date=25 March 2021}}
Personal life
Stern was Jewish. He was born in Paris, the son of French banker Louis Stern (1840-1900).{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AgmDAAAAMAAJ&q=Jean+Stern+fencer+jewish |title=Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports |last1=Postal |first1=Bernard |last2=Silver |first2=Jesse |last3=Silver |first3=Roy |year=1965 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/jewishmedalists.html |title=Jewish Olympic Medalists (1896–Present) – Jewish Virtual Library }}{{cite web |url=http://www.jta.org/1984/08/06/archive/jews-in-the-olympics-5 |title=Jews in the Olympics |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}}{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/jean-stern-1.html |title=Jean Stern |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013003206/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/jean-stern-1.html |archivedate=13 October 2010}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=1bZtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jean+Stern%22+fencer Everyman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary][https://books.google.com/books?id=AgmDAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jean+Stern%22+fencer Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports - Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver] His father was the son of Antoine Jacob Stern, also well known in banking circles, and a scion of the wealthy Stern family of the AJ Stern & Co. banking house.
Jean Stern was also the cousin of composer Fernand Halphen, and nephew of actress Sophie Croizette. In 1904 Stern married Claude Lambert, daughter of Baron Léon Lambert and Baroness Zoe Lucie de Rothschild.
Olympic fencing career
Stern competed with the French épée team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London at 33 years of age. During the Games, the French team defeated Denmark (10-6), Great Britain (12-5), and Belgium (9-7),
and won the gold medal. Stern also competed in the individual épée event, finishing in 12th place.{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/jean-stern |title=Jean STERN |access-date=12 June 2016 |website=Olympic.org |publisher=International Olympic Committee}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929211645/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=STERNJEA01 |date=29 September 2007 |title=Jean Stern at databaseOlympics.com}}
- [http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=190 Jews in Sports bio]
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{{Footer Olympic Champions Fencing Men Team Epée}}
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Category:French male épée fencers
Category:Jewish French sportspeople
Category:Olympic fencers for France
Category:Olympic gold medalists for France
Category:Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in fencing