Romain Cannone

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Romain Cannone
Cannone in 2021
Personal information
Born (1997-04-12) 12 April 1997 (age 27)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Sport
CountryFrance
SportFencing
WeaponÉpée
Handright-handed
ClubVGA escrime (Val-de-Marne, France)[1]
Former coachMichael Mokretsov[2][3]
FIE ranking1[4]
Medal record
Men's épée
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Individual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo Individual
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Milan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Milan Individual
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Antalya Team
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona Individual

Romain Cannone (born 12 April 1997) is a French right-handed épée fencer, 2022 team world champion, 2022 individual world champion, and 2021 individual Olympic champion.[5]

After winning gold in individual men's épée at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the 2022 World Fencing Championships in Cairo, Egypt, Cannone became the first person to win back-to-back world titles in individual men's épée since Pavel Kolobkov's world titles in 1993 and 1994.[citation needed]

He was named Sportsperson of the Year for 2020 in Colmar, France.[6][7][8]

Career[edit]

Canonne was born in France, but moved to Brazil with his family while in kindergarten.[2] 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,[6] subsequently training under Michael Mokretsov[3] at the age of 13 at the New York Fencing Academy in Coney Island.[2] In 2019, Cannone ranked 30th in the Individual Men's épée World Championships in Budapest.[9] Prior to his gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, his highest ranking was 7th place at the Vancouver World Cup on 8 February 2019.[2] As of 2019, when Cannone qualified for the Olympics, he was a student at Skema Business School.[10]

2020 Olympics[edit]

Cannone, originally only scheduled as a replacement athlete, was the youngest member of the 2020 French team.[11] However, on 18 June 2021, when team member Daniel Jérent was removed from the team for a failed drug test, Cannone was selected to take his place.[12] On 25 July 2021, he defeated the Russian Sergey Bida in the quarter-finals (15–12) and the Ukrainian Ihor Reizlin (15–10) in the semi-finals,[13] and went on to win the gold medal (15–10) against the previous world champion Gergely Siklósi.[14][15] Cannone's win has been described as "surprising" being his first international medal in individual competition. He became the first French Olympic champion in individual fencing since Brice Guyart won the gold medal in foil in 2004.[16]

Medal record[edit]

Olympic Games[edit]

Year Location Event Position
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Épée 1st[17]

World Championship[edit]

Year Location Event Position
2022 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Épée 1st[18]
2022 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Team Men's Épée 1st[19]
2023 Italy Milan, Italy Individual Men's Épée 3rd[20]
2023 Italy Milan, Italy Team Men's Épée 2nd[20]

European Championship[edit]

Year Location Event Position
2022 Turkey Antalya, Turkey Team Men's Épée 3rd[21]

World Cup[edit]

Date Location Event Position
2021-11-19 Switzerland Bern, Switzerland Individual Men's Épée 3rd[22]
2022-02-11 Russia Sochi, Russia Individual Men's Épée 2nd[23]
2022-05-12 Germany Heidenheim, Germany Individual Men's Épée 1st[24]
2023-03-25 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Individual Men's Épée 3rd[25]
2024-03-22 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Individual Men's Épée 1st[26]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Romain Cannone". escrime-ffe.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Who is Romain Cannone, the Olympic champion that nobody expected at the Olympics?". 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "MICHAEL MOKRETSOV, HEAD COACH". 21 March 2018.
  4. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website.
  5. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Fencing CANNONE Romain". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Fencing – CANNONE Romain vs LIMARDO GASCON Ruben – Table of 32 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Romain Cannone profile". Eurosport.
  9. ^ "Romain Cannone wins men's fencing individual épée in debut Olympics". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  10. ^ "A focus on Romain Cannone, high-achieving athlete at SKEMA". SKEMA. 16 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Romain Cannone Olympic champion, first gold medal for France". 25 July 2021.
  12. ^ Presse, AFP-Agence France. "French Pull 2016 Fencing Champion Jerent From Tokyo Team For Doping". barrons.com.
  13. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Romain Cannone qualified for the epee final, third medal assured for the Blues". newsrnd.com.
  14. ^ "Olympics-Fencing-Cannone of France wins gold in men's epee individual". National Post.
  15. ^ "Olympic Schedule & Results – 25 Jul | Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  16. ^ "LIVE – Tokyo Olympics: Romain Cannone Olympic champion with épée". News-in-24. 25 July 2021.
  17. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  18. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  19. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  20. ^ a b "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  21. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  22. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  23. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  24. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  25. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  26. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 22 March 2024.

External links[edit]

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