Jean-Paul Banos (born 27 January 1961) is a Canadian former fencer, who lives in

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. He competed in the individual and team

sabre A sabre or saber ( ) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the Early Modern warfare, early modern and Napoleonic period, Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such a ...

events at four consecutive Olympic Games between 1984 and 1996. At the

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, he defeated Russian future Olympic champion Stanislav Pozdnyakov of the gold-medal-winning Unified Team. His brother,

Jean-Marie Banos Jean-Marie Banos (born 10 February 1962) is a Canadian former fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at four consecutive Olympic Games between 1984 and 1996. His brother, Jean-Paul Banos, also fenced for Canada at four Oly ...

, also fenced for Canada at four Olympic Games. Banos now coaches at HuaHua Fencing Club in Markham, Canada.

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