Henri Anspach
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| Olympic medal record | |||
Competitor for  Belgium |
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| Gold | Stockholm 1912 | Team epée | |
Henri Anspach (born in Belgium, July 10, 1882; died March 29, 1979) was a Belgian epee and foil fencer.
[edit] Olympic Fencing Career
Anspach, who was Jewish, was a member of the Belgian fencing team at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, and won a gold medal in the team epee competition. His teammates included his brother, individual epee champion Paul Anspach, famous artist Jacques Ochs, and Gaston Salmon.
Anspach also competed in individual events, and reached the semifinals in both the individual foil and individual epee, before being eliminated. He finished 16th in foil, and 12th in epee.
[edit] Later life
Anspach later became a painter.[1]
