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French fencer (1875–1956)
Olympic medal record
Men's Fencing
Representing  France
Silver medal – second place 1896 Athens Foil

Eugène Henri Callot (20 December 1875 – 22 December 1956) was a French fencer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in La Rochelle.

Callot won the silver medal in the amateur foil event. He went undefeated in his preliminary round group, defeating Henri Delaborde, Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, and Ioannis Poulos. He then faced fellow Frenchman Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, who had gone undefeated in the other preliminary group, in a final match. There, he lost to Gravelotte 3–2.

Callot died in Paris on 22 December 1956, aged 80.

References

  1. "Henri Callot". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. "Henri Callot Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-03-31.

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