Fabrice Jeannet (born 20 October 1980 in

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) is a retired French épée fencer. Jeannet won the gold medal in the épée team event at the

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and

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and a silver medal in the individual épée in 2008. He was also a member of the French team that won the

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

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and

Érik Boisse Érik Boisse (born 13 March 1980, in Clichy) is a French épée fencer. He is the son of Philippe Boisse. Boisse won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating S ...

. His brother, Jérôme Jeannet is a fencer too.

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1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Fort-de-France Martiniquais fencers French male épée fencers Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of France Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in fencing French people of Martiniquais descent Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{Martinique-sport-bio-stub