Alexandre Lippmann

Alexandre Lippmann

Personal information
Born	(1881-06-11)11 June 1881 Paris, France
Died	Paris, France
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Event(s)	Épée
Club	Cercle de l'Escrime de Paris
Medal record Representing France Olympic Games 1908 London Épée, team 1908 London Épée, individual 1920 Antwerp Épée, individual 1920 Antwerp Épée, team 1924 Paris Épée, team

Alexandre Lippmann (11 June 1881 – 23 February 1960) was a French épée fencer. He won five medals, including two gold medals, at three different Olympic Games: a team gold and an individual silver in 1908, a team bronze and individual silver in 1920, and a team gold in 1924.

Lippmann, himself Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.

Lippmann was also a genre painter. Through his mother, Marie-Alexandrine-Henriette Dumas, he was the great-grandson of French writer Alexandre Dumas.

See also

• List of select Jewish fencers