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Eugène-Henri Gravelotte
Eugène-Henri
Gravelotte
was a
French
fencer
. He was the first
modern
Olympic champion
in foil,
winning
the
event
at the
1896 Summer Olympics
in
Athens
.
Gravelotte was
undefeated
in his group for the
preliminary round
, defeating
Greek
fencers
Athanasios Vouros
,
Konstantinos Komninos-Miliotis
, and
Georgios Balakakis
in
succession
. He then faced
fellow
Frenchman
Henri Callot
, who
had gone
undefeated in the other group, in the
final
. Gravelotte won that
match
3-2
.