F%C3%A9lix Debax

Flix Lucien Roger Debax was a French army officer and Olympic fencer. Born in Toulouse, Debax entered the army as an officercandidate at the age of 18. After service with the infantry , he became attached to the army gymnastics school in 1889. He was transferred back to the infantry for two years from 1893, before returning to the ecole. Debax remained a gymnastics teacher until 1901 during which time he competed as a fencer at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Debax was born in Toulouse onSeptember 1864 at 2100. He was the son of Gervais Achille Francois Alexandre Debax and Blanche Chemineau Debax. Debax joined the French Army in Toulouse onOctober 1882, for an initial fiveyear commission, and seven days later became an officer cadet at the Ecole Spciale Militaire de SaintCyr. He was promoted to corporalcadet onNovember 1883 and was commissioned as a sublieutenant in the 83rd Infantry Regiment onOctober 1884. Debax was promoted to lieutenant in the 57th Infantry regiment onFebruary 1888.

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