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roger ducret in 1930 8 january 1962 -lrb- aged 73 -rrb- paris , france salle bouché paris , france fencing 2 april 1888 roger ducret 1930.jpg roger ducret

roger ducret

roger ducret -lrb- 2 april 1888 -- 8 january 1962 -rrb- was a french fencer who competed at the 1920 , 1924 and 1928 olympics .
at the 1924 summer olympics he entered five events out of six and earned a gold or silver medal in each of them , winning individual medals in all three competitive fencing disciplines : épée , foil and sabre .
only one fencer in history did better -- nedo nadi won five gold medals at the 1920 summer olympics .
during world war i ducret was a prisoner of war .
after retiring from competitions he worked as a journalist for `` le figaro '' , `` l'echo des sports '' and other newspapers .
