Nathanaël de Rincquesen, born Nathanaël de Willecot de Rincquesen on 9 March 1972 in

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is a French

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and

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Biography

A former student of college ''Langevin-Wallon'' at Saint-Gratien in the

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and a former student of Assas ( University Paris II), Nathanael of Rincquesen graduated from the

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in 1995. He began his journalism career in editing at

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, in the ''Sport department'' at which he followed the

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and major international fencing competitions. In 1997, he broke into ''

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'', the morning show of the channel, as a sports

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before returning a few years later to press review work. « Le vivier de Télématin », ''

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/Aujourd'hui en France'', 20 July 2009 During the summer of 2008, he covered, for

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, the sport of Fencing at the Summer Olympics 2008 at

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, alongside Philippe Boisse and

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. Since September 2008, he has presented the news on the TV show ''

''. He covers the time period between 7am and 8am while

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presents the news at 6:30pm, 7:30pm and 8:55pm. Since the summer of 2009, he replaced

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in presenting the news show 13 heures, alternating with Sophie Le Saint. In 2012, he commented alongside

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and

on the sport of Fencing at the Summer 2012 Olympic Games at

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for

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Personal life

Coming from a family that takes the origin of its name from an ancient manor in the commume of

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in the

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, (having strong ties to

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in the Limousin), Nathanael of Rincquesen is the son of Olivier de Rincquesen, former journalist at

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and brother of Victoire de Rincquesen, journalist, currently on BFM Radio.

Sporting life

In 1990, competing for the Fencing Club of Saint-Gratien, Nathanael de Rincquesen was on the team that was junior fencing champion of France, with Cyril Faucher, Arnaud Laborde, Frédéric and Levilain Hugues Obry.

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rincquesen, Nathanael 1972 births Living people Journalists from Paris French television journalists French male journalists French television presenters French sports journalists Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni École supérieure de journalisme de Paris alumni