Armand Mouyal


Armand Mouyal was a French epee world champion fencer.

Early and personal life

Born in Oran, French Algeria, Mouyal was Jewish.

Fencing career

Mouyal began fencing in the early 1950s.

National championships

Mouyal, a French police officer, won the French national individual épée title in 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, and 1959.

World championships

Mouyal won the world individual épée championship in 1957.
He participated in team épée, winning a world championship gold medal in 1951; silver in 1953, 1955, 1961, and 1963; and bronze 1954 and 1958.

World rankings

Mouyal was ranked No. 5 in the world in 1955, and 8th in 1956.

Olympics

He was eliminated in the first round of the individual event and the second round of the team event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
He was a member of the French team that won a bronze medal in team épée at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He advanced to the semifinals in individual épée.
At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he placed seventh in individual épée, reaching the finals, and the French épée team was eliminated in the second round.

Hall of Fame

Mouyal was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.