Pascale Trinquet (born 11 August 1958 in

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) is a French fencer and Olympic champion in

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competition. She won a gold medal in the

event at the

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."1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union – Fencing"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on June 19, 2008) She also won a gold medal in team foil with the French team. In an earlier event in the United States, Trinquet competed in a 1979 international invitation tournament at the

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, winning the women's foil with only eight touches against her while scoring 25 against her opponents. Her elder sister

Véronique Trinquet Véronique Trinquet (born 15 June 1956) is a French fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Her younger sister Pascale Trinquet is also a former fencer and Olympic medalist. Véronique and Pas ...

is also a former fencer and Olympic medalist. Pascale and Véronique are the daughters of a

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retail pharmacist, and after their sporting career was over, they owned a pharmacy in Paris

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* 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Marseille French female foil fencers Olympic fencers for France Fencers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in fencing FISU World University Games gold medalists for France Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade 20th-century French sportswomen {{France-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub