Marcel Langsam

Marcel Langsam, son of a glover, represented the Cercle Grand-Ducal d’Escrime et de Gymnastique in Luxembourg’s capital city. He placed ninth at the first national trials in January 1912. After the final trials in June, he was one of 16 gymnasts selected for the Olympics. At the Olympic Games in Stockholm, the team from Luxembourg including Langsam placed fifth and last in the free system team event but missed bronze by less than one point in the European system team event.

Langsam was trained at the École d’artisans de l’État as an apprentice to an artistic blacksmith. He exhibited his works at various events in Luxembourg including the Exposition Lorraine-Luxembourg in 1921. In 1930, he was awarded the Prix Grand-Duc Adolphe for a wrought-iron entrance door shown at the Salon du CAL (Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg). He was also represented in the Luxembourgish pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in Paris. Langsam created, for instance, a communion rail for the Sacred Heart Church (1932) and the wrought-iron altar screen for the crypt of Luxembourg Cathedral (1935), both in the city of Luxembourg. He was married to Marie Elise Hetto.