Daniel Jérent (born 4 June 1991) is a French

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fencer, team world champion in 2014. He was banned from the

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in Tokyo due to a positive

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for a banned product, after he had otherwise qualified to fence in the individual and team epee events at the Olympics.

Career

Jérent was born in

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, and learnt fencing in

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before joining the centre for promising young fencers in

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and transferring to Lagardère Paris Racing. He earned a team gold medal at the 2008 Cadets European Championships in Rovigo, and a team bronze medal at the 2011 Junior World Championships at the

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. He was also French junior champion in 2010 and 2011. Jérent began fencing in the senior category from the 2009–10 season, reaching the table of 16 at the 2010 Tallinn World Cup. The next season he transferred to Escrime Rodez Aveyron and joined INSEP, a state-sponsored institution for high-performance athletes. He reached the quarter-finals in the Tallinn World Cup, where he was defeated by Gauthier Grumier, and won the team France championship with Rodez. He was selected as reserve into the national team for the

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at Legnano, in which France finished 4th. He made his breakthrough in the 2013–14 season by winning the Paris World Cup after prevailing over fellow countryman Alexandre Blaszyck. At the

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in Zagreb Jerent made his way to the final, overcoming Olympic silver medallist Bartosz Piasecki along the way. Defeated by Germany's Jörg Fiedler, he came away with a silver medal. His hopes for

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in Budapest were however cut short in the table of 32 by Korea's Song Jae-ho.

Suspension and ban

Between June 2018 and June 2019, he served 12 months of suspension due to three “no show” breaches during drug testing. He was banned from the

in Tokyo due to a positive urine test for a banned product, after he had otherwise qualified to fence in the individual and team epee events at the Olympics. According to the French fencing team, he tested positive for

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, a diuretic, in both samples A and B that were taken from him. In Japan, Jérent was replaced by Romain Cannone, who competed in the two events in which Jérent was entered, and ended up as Olympic champion in individual epee; Ronan Gustin had been recalled to be a team replacement.

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