Nicolas Lopez (born 14 November 1980 in

Tarbes Tarbes (; Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as ''Turba'' ...

) is a French sabre fencer. Lopez won the gold medal in the sabre team event at the

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after beating Ukraine in the final. He accomplished this with his teammates

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, Julien Pillet and

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. At the

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he helped his team win a gold medal in fencing, after beating the

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in the final. Lopez also won the silver medal in the individual sabre fencing, losing to

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in the final.

Achievements

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, team sabre : Gold medal world centered-2

, team sabre : Silver medal world centered-2

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, team sabre : Gold medal

, team sabre : Silver medal

, individual sabre

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