Louis Venant Gabriel Le Bailly de La Falaise was born on the 24th of March 1866 in Luçon. He was the son of Gabriel Henri Le Bailly de la Falaise and Augustine Marie Armande de Maynard de la Claye[1]. He married Henriette Lucie Frédérique Hennessy on 27 February 1893 in Paris (8th arrondissement)[1].
He was a French fencer. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the gold medal in the sabre, defeating fellow French fencer Henri Masson in the final. He also participated in Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics but was beaten in the final round, finishing in last place.
He died on the 8th of April 1910 at 8, rue Cortambert in Paris (16th arrondissement)[2].
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