France’s Yves Dreyfus survived the Nazi occupation as a child and went on to win two Olympic fencing medals. A three-time Olympian, he won bronze medals at the 1956 and 1964 Games. He also won a gold medal at the Mediterranean Games in 1963 and four gold at the Maccabiah Games between 1961 and 1977. Dreyfus was given France’s National Order of Merit in 1967.
