Boris Sanson (born 7 December 1980 in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectu ...

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) is a French

sabre A sabre (French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as t ...

fencer. Sanson won the gold medal in the sabre team event at the

2006 World Fencing Championships The 2006 World Fencing Championships were held at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy. The event took place from 29 September to 7 October 2006. Same Thing of the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter ...

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

Vincent Anstett Vincent Anstett (born 26 July 1982) is a French sabre fencer. Anstett's greatest accomplishment is winning the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Ukraine in the final. He accomplished this wi ...

Julien Pillet Julien Pillet (born 28 September 1977 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or) is a French sabre fencer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist as he won the gold in the team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics and also at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He also won the si ...

and Nicolas Lopez. He competed at the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

for France, winning a team gold medal and finishing 14th in the individual event.Olympic results

Achievements

: 2005 World Fencing Championships, team sabre :

, team sabre :

2007 World Fencing Championships The 2007 World Fencing Championships were held at the SCC Peterburgsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The event took place from September 28 to October 7, 2007. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Results overview Men Epée ...

, team sabre :

, team sabre

References

1980 births Living people French male sabre fencers Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for France Olympic gold medalists for France Sportspeople from Bordeaux Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing Olympic medalists in fencing {{France-fencing-bio-stub