Boris Sanson (born 7 December 1980 in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...

) is a French

sabre A sabre (French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as the ...

fencer. Sanson won the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships in

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after beating Spain in the final. He accomplished this with his teammates Vincent Anstett, Julien Pillet and Nicolas Lopez. He competed at the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

for France, winning a team gold medal and finishing 14th in the individual event.Olympic results

Achievements

2005 World Fencing Championships The 2005 World Fencing Championships were held in Leipzig, Germany. The event took place from October 9 to October 15, 2005. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table External linksFIE Results{{World Fencing Championships ...

, team sabre : 2006 World Fencing Championships, team sabre :

2007 World Fencing Championships The 2007 World Fencing Championships were held at the SCC Peterburgsky The Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex (russian: Спортивно-концертный комплекс «Петербургский», Sportivno-kontsertnyy ko ...

, team sabre :

, team sabre

References

1980 births Living people French male sabre fencers Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for France Olympic gold medalists for France Sportspeople from Bordeaux Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing Olympic medalists in fencing {{France-fencing-bio-stub