Steeve François Fabien Guénot (born 2 October 1985) is a French wrestler who won the gold medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg in the

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. He became the first Olympic Champion for France in Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling since Emile Poilvé, in the 1936 Olympic Games in

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. Hired by the RATP in 2007, he is member of the US Métro ( Union sportive métropolitaine des transports). He is born in a family of wrestlers: his father is a referee and his mother is a club manager. His brother Christophe and sisters also practice wrestling. At the age of 22, he gave

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its first gold medal at the

. At the

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, he attempted to defend his gold medal. In the quarter-finals, he was declared the winner against the reigning world champion, Saeid Abdevali of Iran, in what was widely regarded as a controversial decision by the referee and judges.TEARS FOR IRAN HOPE; WRESTLING
/ref> Guénot, however, was defeated in the semifinal by the eventual champion and ended up winning the bronze medal. His brother,

Christophe Guénot Christophe Guénot (born 7 January 1979 in Saint-Rémy, Saône-et-Loire) is a French wrestler who won the Bronze medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 74kg in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously ...

, also won a bronze medal in the -74 kg category.

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