Éric Srecki, born on 2 July 1964 in

Béthune Béthune ( ; archaic and ''Bethwyn'' historically in English) is a town in northern France, Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department. Geography Béthune is located in the Provinces of Fran ...

Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 890, and is the ...

, is a French fencer and a champion in the

épée The (, ; ), also rendered as 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 a ...

competition at the Olympic and World champion levels. He won a gold medal in individual épée event at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

."1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Fencing"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on June 26, 2008) He won a team gold medal in 1988, silver in 2000, and a bronze medal in 1996.Olympic medal winners: Eric Srecki
''International Olympic Committee'' (Retrieved on August 11, 2008) He won the individual Epee World Fencing Championships in 1995 and 1997.

References

External links

* * * 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Béthune French male épée fencers Olympic fencers for France Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub