Gaston Alibert

Gaston Jules Louis Antoine Alibert (22 February 1878 in Paris – 26 December 1917 in Paris) was a French fencer and olympic champion in épée competition.

[1] He received a gold medal in épée individual and a gold medal in épée team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

[2] Eight years before, Alibert already participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris placing seventh in the épée individual event.

[3] He contracted tuberculosis while at the front in World War I and later died in 1917 aged 39.

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