Nicolas Lopez (fencer)
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| Born | 14 November 1980 Tarbes, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weapon | sabre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National coach | Jean-Philippe Daurelle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Amicale tarbaise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | René Geuna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nicolas Lopez (born 14 November 1980 in Tarbes) is a French sabre fencer.
Lopez won the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Ukraine in the final.[1] He accomplished this with his teammates Vincent Anstett, Julien Pillet and Boris Sanson.[1]
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics he helped his team win a gold medal in fencing, after beating the United States in the final.[2] Lopez also won the silver medal in the individual sabre fencing, losing to Zhong Man in the final.[3]
Achievements
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2005 World Fencing Championships, team sabre
2006 World Fencing Championships, team sabre
2007 World Fencing Championships, team sabre
2008 Beijing Olympics, team sabre
2008 Beijing Olympics, individual sabre
References
[edit]- ^ a b The Canadian Press (6 October 2006). "France golden at fencing worlds". CBC. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
- ^ Associated Press (17 August 2008). "France gets gold in team saber". New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
- ^ Associated Press (12 August 2008). "China's Zhong beats France's Lopez for saber gold". New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the European Fencing Confederation
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Tarbes
- French male sabre fencers
- Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic fencers for France
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- 21st-century French sportsmen
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