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European Fencing Confederation
Confédération
Européenne d’Escrime
11.12.2007
Information Letter no. 37-2007
Dear
Member Federations,
It
is with great sadness that we have to inform you of the sudden death of
Rolland
Boitelle
who
passed away early this morning in
The
European Fencing Confederation lost a very good friend of the international
fencing movement. His devotion to fencing is highlighted by his career in the
FIE.
At
the 1984 Milan Congress he was elected as President, successor of Gian Carlo
Brusati, and re-elected 1989 in
The
European Fencing Confederation sends its deepest sympathy and condolences to
Mrs. Janine Boitelle and to the French Fencing Federation.
Alisher
Usmanov
President
General
Secretariate