Nicolas Lopez
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's fencing | ||
Competitor for  France |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 2008 Beijing | Team sabre |
| Silver | 2008 Beijing | Sabre |
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 team mates 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]
[edit] Achievements
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
[edit] References
- ^ a b The Canadian Press (6 October 2006). "France golden at fencing worlds". CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/amateur/story/2006/10/06/fencing-worlds.html. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
- ^ Associated Press (17 August 2008). "France gets gold in team saber". New York Times. http://2008games.nytimes.com/olympics/story.asp?i=20080817091333220377108&ref=rec&tm=&src=OLYMPICS_DOLY_FEN. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
- ^ Associated Press (12 August 2008). "China's Zhong beats France's Lopez for saber gold". New York Times. http://2008games.nytimes.com/olympics/story.asp?i=20080812113341636967708&ref=rec&tm=&src=OLYMPICS_DOLY_FEN. Retrieved 24 October 2010.[dead link]
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