Alf Horn

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAlf•Horn
Used nameAlf•Horn
Born6 January 1913 in Spjelkavik, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal (NOR)
Died5 April 1991 in Montréal, Québec (CAN)
AffiliationsCentral YMCA, Montréal (CAN)
NOC Canada

Biography

Alf Horn was born in Norway, but moved to Canada at a young age. He had a brief track and field athletics career in the early 1930s but, by the end of the decade, was much better known as a fencer and was already serving as a coach at Montreal’s Central YMCA. By the middle of World War II, he was also serving as the club’s chairman. After the conflict, he became involved in the administration of the Quebec provincial fencing association and, in 1948, was selected to represent Canada at that year’s London Olympics. There, he competed in every event except the individual sabre, but never made it past the second round of any of them. He missed the 1950 British Empire Games due to business commitments, which soon overtook his career as a sportsman. Domestically, he won several Quebec provincial title in different categories.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Summer Olympics Fencing CAN Alf Horn
Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic) 7 p8 r1/4
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) Canada 3 p1 r2/4
Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic) 5 p1 r2/4
Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) Canada 4 p2 r1/4
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) DNS
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Canada 3 p4 r1/4

Errata

Name given previously as "Alfred E. Horn", but his son has stated that his name was simply "Alf Horn"