Nathanaël de Rincquesen, born Nathanaël de Willecot de Rincquesen on 9 March 1972 in

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is a French

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and

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Biography

A former student of college ''Langevin-Wallon'' at Saint-Gratien in the

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and a former student of Assas ( University Paris II), Nathanael of Rincquesen graduated from the

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in 1995. He began his journalism career in editing at

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, in the ''Sport department'' at which he followed the

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and major international fencing competitions. In 1997, he broke into ''

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'', the morning show of the channel, as a sports

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before returning a few years later to press review work. « Le vivier de Télématin », '' Le Parisien/Aujourd'hui en France'', 20 July 2009 During the summer of 2008, he covered, for

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, the sport of Fencing at the Summer Olympics 2008 at

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, alongside Philippe Boisse and

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. Since September 2008, he has presented the news on the TV show ''

''. He covers the time period between 7am and 8am while Sophie Le Saint presents the news at 6:30pm, 7:30pm and 8:55pm. Since the summer of 2009, he replaced Élise Lucet in presenting the news show 13 heures, alternating with Sophie Le Saint. In 2012, he commented alongside

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and

on the sport of Fencing at the Summer 2012 Olympic Games at

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for

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Personal life

Coming from a family that takes the origin of its name from an ancient manor in the commume of

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in the Pas-de-Calais, (having strong ties to Châlus in the Limousin), Nathanael of Rincquesen is the son of Olivier de Rincquesen, former journalist at

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and brother of Victoire de Rincquesen, journalist, currently on BFM Radio.

Sporting life

In 1990, competing for the Fencing Club of Saint-Gratien, Nathanael de Rincquesen was on the team that was junior fencing champion of France, with Cyril Faucher, Arnaud Laborde, Frédéric and Levilain

Hugues Obry Hugues Obry (born 19 May 1973) is a retired French fencer and current coach. He won a gold medal in team épée at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, together with Érik Boisse, Fabrice Jeannet and Jérôme Jeannet. He won two silver medals a ...

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rincquesen, Nathanael 1972 births Living people Journalists from Paris French television journalists French male journalists French television presenters French sports journalists Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni École supérieure de journalisme de Paris alumni