Jean-Joseph Renaud

French fencer

Jean Joseph-Renaud
Personal information

Born	(1873-01-16)16 January 1873 Paris, France
Died	7 December 1953(1953-12-07) (aged 80) Paris, France
Sport
Sport	Fencing

Jean-Joseph Renaud (16 January 1873 – 7 December 1953) was a French épée and foil fencer.^[1] He competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics.^[2]

He was also a prolific journalist, author and playwright whose books La Défense dans la rue (Self Defence in the Street - 1912) and L'Escrime (Fencing - 1911) are recognised as an important contribution to early 20th century literature on those subjects. He was a proponent of the field of honor, saying: "From every point of view dueling is beneficent." He refereed many duels (including ones involving Clemenceau and Leon Blum) and fought at least 15 himself (being a fencing master, all but 4 were fought with pistols; he was victorious in all of them).

References

^ "Jean-Joseph Renaud". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
^ "Jean-Joseph Renaud Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2010.