Corinne Maîtrejean (born 8 November 1979 in

Tassin-la-Demi-Lune Tassin-la-Demi-Lune () or simply Tassin is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, central-eastern France. Geography The town of Tassin-la-Demi-Lune is located in the western suburbs of Lyon and is part of Lyon M ...

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) is a French

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fencer who won a bronze medal in the foil team event of the

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with her teammates Adeline Wuillème,

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. In 2013, she was part of the French team that won team silver in the World Championships, with

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, Astrid Guyart and

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. She is right-handed. She lives in

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. She competed at the

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and at the

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in London as part of France's fencing squad.

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