Nicolas Lopez (born 14 November 1980 in Tarbes) is a French sabre fencer.
Nicolas Lopez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Tarbes, France | 14 November 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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