Romain Cannone

Romain Cannone
Romain Cannone
	Romain Cannone in 2017.
Personal information
Born	12 April 1997 (age 27); Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Website	https://fie.org/athletes/35617
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Épée
Hand	right-handed
Club	VGA escrime (Val-de-Marne, France)
Former coach	Michael Mokretsov
FIE ranking	47
Medal record
Men's épée
Representing France
Olympic Games

Romain Cannone (born 12 April 1997) is a French fencer and a 2020 Olympic gold medalist in individual epée.^[6]^[7] He was named Sportsperson of the Year for 2020 in Colmar, France.^[8]

Canonne was born in France, but moved to Brazil with his family while in kindergarden.^[9] He moved with his family to New York City’s Lower East Side while still young and began fencing there at the age of 12,^[10] subsequently training under Michael Mokretsov^[11] at the age of 13 at the New York Fencing Academy in Coney Island. ^[12] In 2019, Cannone ranked 30th in the individual Mens épée World Championships in Budapest.^[13] Prior to his gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, his highest ranking was 7th place at the Vancouver World Cup on February 8, 2019.^[14] As of 2019, when Cannone qualified for the Olympics, he was a student at Skema Business School.^[15]

2020 Olympics

Cannone, originally only scheduled as a replacement athlete, was the youngest member of the 2020 French team.^[16] However, on June 18, 2021 when teammember Daniel Jérent was removed from the team for a failed drug test, Cannone was selected to take his place.^[17] On July 25, 2021, he defeated the Russian Sergey Bida in the quarter-finals (15-12) and the Ukrainian Ihor Reizlin (15-10) in the semi-finals,^[18] and went on to win the gold medal (15-10) against the previous world champion Gergely Siklósi.^[19]^[20]

References

External links

Romain Cannone at the International Fencing Federation

[1] ttps://www.escrime-ffe.fr/fr/equipes-de-france/portrait-des-tireurs/romain-cannone.html

[2] ttps://www.escrime-ffe.fr/fr/equipes-de-france/portrait-des-tireurs/romain-cannone.html

[3] ttps://cceverybody.com/who-is-romain-cannone-the-olympic-champion-that-nobody-expected-at-the-olympics/

[4] ttps://fencenyfa.com/coaches/michael-mokretsov-head-coach/

[5] ttp://fie.org/fencers/fencer/35617

[6] ttps://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/fencing/results-men-s-epee-individual-r32-001400-.htm

[7] "Romain Cannone profile". Eurosport.

[8] ttps://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/fencing/athlete-profile-n1351036-cannone-romain.htm

[9] ttps://cceverybody.com/who-is-romain-cannone-the-olympic-champion-that-nobody-expected-at-the-olympics/

[10] ttps://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/fencing/athlete-profile-n1351036-cannone-romain.htm

[11] ttps://fencenyfa.com/coaches/michael-mokretsov-head-coach/

[12] ttps://cceverybody.com/who-is-romain-cannone-the-olympic-champion-that-nobody-expected-at-the-olympics/

[13] ttps://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/romain-cannone-wins-men-s-fencing-individual-epee-in-debut-olympics

[14] ttps://cceverybody.com/who-is-romain-cannone-the-olympic-champion-that-nobody-expected-at-the-olympics/

[15] "A focus on Romain Cannone, high-achieving athlete at SKEMA". SKEMA. 16 December 2019.

[16] ttps://www.archyde.com/romain-cannone-olympic-champion-first-gold-medal-for-france/

[17] ttps://www.barrons.com/news/french-pull-2016-fencing-champion-jerent-from-tokyo-team-for-doping-01624012809

[18] ttps://newsrnd.com/sports/2021-07-25-tokyo-olympics--romain-cannone-qualified-for-the-epee-final--third-medal-assured-for-the-blues.ryuSWa9CO.html

[19] ttps://nationalpost.com/pmn/sports-pmn/olympics-fencing-cannone-of-france-wins-gold-in-mens-epee-individual

[20] ttps://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/olympic-schedule-and-results-date=2021-07-25.htm

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