Henri Callot
French fencer (1875-1956)
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- Born
- 20 December 1875, La Rochelle
- Died
- 22 December 1956, 14th arrondissement of Paris
- Citizenship
- France
- Sport
- fencing
- Occupation
- fencer, painter
Eugène Henri Callot (20 December 1875 – 22 December 1956) was a French fencer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in La Rochelle.
Callot won the silver medal in the amateur foil event. He went undefeated in his preliminary round group, defeating Henri Delaborde, Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, and Ioannis Poulos. He then faced fellow Frenchman Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, who had gone undefeated in the other preliminary group, in a final match. There, he lost to Gravelotte 3–2.
He was also a student of Jules Lefebvre and Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury. He exhibited at the Salon des artistes français, of which he was a member from 1898.
Callot died in Paris on 22 December 1956, aged 80.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics – men's foil | 1896 |
External links
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.