Gaston Salmon

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Gaston Joseph Clement Marie Salmon (5 March 1878 – 30 April 1918)[1] was a Belgian épée, foil, and sabre fencer.[2] He was Jewish.[3]

Early and personal life

Salmon was born in Marcinelle, in the city of Charleroi, in Belgium, and was Jewish.[4][5][6] His parents were Emile Telesphore Joseph and his wife Antoinette Cecile Josephe Marie (nee Crispin).[1] He married Ferdinande Betsy Ermens, and lived in Etterbeek.[7][1] In World War I he enlisted in the Belgian Army on 14 May 1917.[1] 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.[7][1]

Olympic fencing career

Salmon represented Belgium at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, competing in three events, winning a gold medal in team épée.[3][8] 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.

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