Vincent Simon (born 9 April 1990) is a French

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fencer, team European and team World champion in 2014.

Career

Simon took up fencing at the age of seven and trained at UJB Escrime in

Saint-Dizier Saint-Dizier () is a subprefecture Of the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. It has a population of 23,382 (2018 figure) and is a subprefecture of the department. Although Saint-Dizier is marginally the most populous commune in Haute ...

under Jérôme Roussat, Charles Roselet and Sylvain Privé. He joined in 2007 the centre for promising young fencers in

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and won a team bronze medal at the 2008 Junior World Championships in Acireale. He took part in the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

, reaching the quarter-finals in the individual event and taking a bronze medal with the team. He made his breakthrough in the 2013–14 season, reaching the quarter-finals at the La Coruña Grand Prix, the Havana Grand Prix and the Tokyo World Cup. He was selected into the national for the

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in Strasbourg, but he lost in the first round to teammate

Julien Mertine Julien Mertine (born 26 June 1988) is a French right-handed foil fencer, four-time team European champion, 2014 team world champion, and 2021 team Olympic champion. Career Mertine took up fencing at the age of five with his father, a fencing ...

in the individual event. In the team event France defeated the Czech Republic and Russia before prevailing over Italy, allowing Simon to win his first gold medal in a major event. At the

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in Kazan he defeated World No.7

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before ceding in the table of 16 to

Alexander Choupenitch Alexander Choupenitch (; born 2 May 1994) is a Czech right-handed foil fencer, two-time Olympian, and 2021 individual Olympic bronze medalist. Personal life Choupenitch is the son of Belarusian-born opera singers who both worked at National T ...

of the Czech Republic. In the team event France defeated Russia in the semi-finals and proceeded to crush China to earn the world title.

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at the European Fencing Championships {{DEFAULTSORT:Simon, Vincent 1990 births Living people French male foil fencers Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade bronze medalists for France European Games competitors for France Fencers at the 2015 European Games Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade