Hubert Loisel

Austrian fencer Hubert, father of Georg Loisel, was a three-time Olympian from Berlin in 1936 to Helsinki in 1952. At Berlin he was a member of the sabre team that finished fifth, and individually he reached the semi-finals but failed to qualify for the final pool. In 1948 at London, he again reached the individual semi-finals and the second round of the team competition.

Finally, at Helsinki, Loisel reached the individual semi-finals for the third time and again failed the qualification for the final pool. With the Austrian team he finished fifth, as he did in Berlin. Loisel was selected for the 1960 Rome Games but did not start.

After the Nazi German “Anschluss” in 1938 Loisel had to represent Germany and qualified for the 1940 Olympics, which were not held due to World War II. Domestically, he fought with Union Fechtclub Wien (Vienna) and Oberösterreichischer Landefechtclub Linz after the war. He won numerous national titles and married the non-Olympic fencer Inge Hartl.