Lucien Gaudin (September 27, 1886 – September 23, 1934) was a French fencer and Olympic champion both in foil and in épée competition.
He received gold medals in both foil individual and in épée individual at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. He received gold medals in foil team and in épée team at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
His record of 4 gold and 2 silver Olympic medals is tied for the best French Olympics performance, matching fencers Christian d'Oriola (4 gold and 2 silver) then followed by both Philippe Cattiau and Roger Ducret (3 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze).
Lucien Gaudin received also 2 international champion's titles in épée (1905 and 1918), the European title in épée (1921, 1st edition) and received consecutively 9 French champion's titles in foil (1906 to 1914).
Some sources claim that Gaudin was on the silver-medal sabre team in 1920, crediting him with an Olympic medal in each weapon. However, the IOC medalist database does not award Gaudin a medal in that event, the full results of the event show that he did not fence, and numerous lists of competitors do not include him on the team.
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