Nicolas Lopez

Medal record
Men's fencing
Competitor for  France
Olympic Games
Gold	2008 Beijing	Team sabre
Silver	2008 Beijing	Sabre

Nicolas Lopez (born 14 November 1980 in Tarbes) is a French sabre fencer.

Lopez won the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Ukraine in the final.^[1] He accomplished this with his team mates Vincent Anstett, Julien Pillet and Boris Sanson.^[1]

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics he helped his team win a gold medal in fencing, after beating the United States in the final.^[2] Lopez also won the silver medal in the individual sabre fencing, losing to Zhong Man in the final.^[3]

Achievements

2006 World Fencing Championships, team sabre

References

1. ^ ^{a b} The Canadian Press (6 October 2006). "France golden at fencing worlds". CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/amateur/story/2006/10/06/fencing-worlds.html. Retrieved 24 October 2010. 
2. ^ Associated Press (17 August 2008). "France gets gold in team saber". New York Times. http://2008games.nytimes.com/olympics/story.asp?i=20080817091333220377108&ref=rec&tm=&src=OLYMPICS_DOLY_FEN. Retrieved 24 October 2010. 
3. ^ Associated Press (12 August 2008). "China's Zhong beats France's Lopez for saber gold". New York Times. http://2008games.nytimes.com/olympics/story.asp?i=20080812113341636967708&ref=rec&tm=&src=OLYMPICS_DOLY_FEN. Retrieved 24 October 2010. ^{[dead link]}

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Name	Lopez, Nicolas
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Date of birth	14 November 1980
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