José Luis Abajo Gómez (born 22 June 1978) is a Spanish épée fencer. Abajo won the silver medal in the épée team event at the

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after losing against France in the final. He accomplished this with his teammates

Ignacio Canto Ignacio Canto (born 21 January 1981) is a Spanish épée fencer. Canto won the silver medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after losing to France in the final. He accomplished this with his teammates Jose Luis ...

Juan Castañeda Juan Castañeda (born 18 October 1980) is a Spanish épée fencer. Castañeda won the silver medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after losing to France in the final. He accomplished this with his team mates Igna ...

and

Eduardo Sepulveda Puerto Eduardo Sepulveda Puerto is a Spanish épée fencer. Sepulveda Puerto won the silver medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after losing to France in the final. He accomplished this with his team mates Ignacio Cant ...

. He won the bronze medal in the

Épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...

competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, China, defeating Hungarian

Gábor Boczkó Gábor Boczkó (born 1 April 1977) is a Hungarian fencer, who won a silver medal in the team Épée competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Krisztián Kulcsár, Géza Imre and Iván Kovács. Boczkó took up fencing af ...

. Being this the first Olympic medal won by

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

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, and becoming the Olympic medal number 100 (99 according to the

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) in the history of Spain, regarding Winter and Summer Olympics. In 2013 he was inducted in the Hall of Fame of the International Fencing Federation.

Record Against Selected Opponents

Includes results from all competitions 2006–present and athletes who have reached the quarterfinals at the World Championships or Olympic Games, plus those who have medaled in major team competitions. * Joaquim Videira 3-1 * Ulrich Robeiri 0-1 *

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Stefano Carozzo Stefano Carozzo (born 17 January 1979 in Savona) is a male Italian fencer. He won the bronze medal in the men's team épée event at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () a ...

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Maksym Khvorost Maksym Khvorost ( uk, Максим Володимирович Хворост; born 15 July 1982) is a Ukrainian épée fencer. Career He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Khvorost won the br ...

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Alfredo Rota Alfredo Rota (born 21 July 1975) is an Italian fencer. He won the bronze medal in the men's team épée event at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing ...

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Matteo Tagliariol Matteo Tagliariol (born 7 January 1983, in Treviso) is an Italian right-handed épée fencer, 2008 team Olympic bronze medalist, and 2008 individual Olympic champion. His fencing style has been described as "technical, simple, spontaneous, clea ...

0-2 * Bas Verwijlen 1-1 *

Diego Confalonieri Diego Confalonieri (born 11 April 1979) is a male Italian fencer. He won the bronze medal in the men's team épée event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Record against selected opponents Includes results from all competitions 2006–present and a ...

1-1 * Sven Järve 3-0 *

Fabrice Jeannet Fabrice Jeannet (born 20 October 1980 in Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a retired French épée fencer. Jeannet won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the individual épée in 200 ...

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Anton Avdeev Anton Alekseyevich Avdeyev (also spelled Avdeev, russian: Антон Алексеевич Авдеев; born 8 September 1986) is a Russian left-handed épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of t ...

0-1 * Silvio Fernandez 1-0 * Guillermo Madrigal Sardinas 1-0 *

Radosław Zawrotniak Radosław Aleksander Zawrotniak (born 2 September 1981 in Kraków, Małopolskie) is a Polish fencer who won a silver medal in Men's Team Épée (Fencing) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, together with Tomasz Motyka, Adam Wiercioch, an ...

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Achievements

, team épée

References

1978 births Living people Spanish male épée fencers Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Spain Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Fencers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Fencers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Fencers at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing European Games competitors for Spain Fencers at the 2015 European Games Olympic medalists in fencing 21st-century Spanish people 20th-century Spanish people {{Spain-fencing-bio-stub