Paul Ferrand

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full namePaul Henri•Ferrand
Used namePaul•Ferrand
Born8 October 1855 in Paris, Paris (FRA)
Died30 January 1922 in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie (FRA)
AffiliationsSalle Georges Lefèvre
NOC France

Biography

Paul Ferrand was a French fencer who competed at the 1900 Paris Olympics. By profession he was a journalist who worked with Courrier National in 1898. Ferrand became president of the Fédération Française de Sports d’Hiver in the early 1920s and vice-president of Sociétées de Sports Athlétiques in the late 1900s, and was vice-president of Stade Français. In 1907 he received the rosette as an officer of public instruction.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1900 Summer Olympics Fencing FRA Paul Ferrand
Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic) AC r3/5