Nicolas Lopez (fencer)
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Born | Tarbes, France | 14 November 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
[edit]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