Boris Louis Sanson (born 7 December 1980 in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

, France) is a French

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fencer. Sanson won the gold medal in the sabre team event at the

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after beating Spain in the final. He accomplished this with his teammates

Vincent Anstett Vincent Anstett (born 26 July 1982) is a French sabre fencer. Anstett's greatest accomplishment is winning the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Ukraine in the final. He accomplished this w ...

, Julien Pillet and Nicolas Lopez. He competed at the

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

Achievements

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, team sabre :

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, team sabre :

, team sabre

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* * * * * 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 Fencers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing Olympic medalists in fencing 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-fencing-bio-stub