Adeline Wuillème (born 8 December 1975 in
Reims
Reims ( ; ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French Departments of France, department of Marne (department), Marne, and the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 12th most populous city in Fran ...
,
Champagne-Ardenne), is a French
foil
Foil may refer to:
Materials
* Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine
* Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal
* Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food
* Tin foil, metal foil ma ...
fencer. She competed in three
Olympic Games
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. She also competed in the individual sabre event at the Mediterranean Games winning bronze medals in
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
and
2001
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.
References
1975 births
Living people
French female foil fencers
Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic fencers for France
Sportspeople from Reims
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing
Fencers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
Fencers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
21st-century French sportswomen
20th-century French sportswomen
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