Nicolas Lopez (fencer) explained

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 teammates Vincent Anstett, Julien Pillet and Boris Sanson.

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

2005 World Fencing Championships, team sabre

2006 World Fencing Championships, team sabre

2007 World Fencing Championships, team sabre

2008 Beijing Olympics, team sabre

2008 Beijing Olympics, individual sabre

External links

• Profile at the European Fencing Confederation

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Canadian Press. France golden at fencing worlds. CBC. 24 October 2010. 6 October 2006.
2. News: Associated Press. France gets gold in team saber. 24 October 2010. New York Times. 17 August 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714220612/http://2008games.nytimes.com/olympics/story.asp?i=20080817091333220377108&ref=rec&tm=&src=OLYMPICS_DOLY_FEN. 14 July 2011. dead.
3. News: Associated Press. China's Zhong beats France's Lopez for saber gold. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714220624/http://2008games.nytimes.com/olympics/story.asp?i=20080812113341636967708&ref=rec&tm=&src=OLYMPICS_DOLY_FEN. dead. 14 July 2011. 24 October 2010. New York Times. 12 August 2008.