Nicolas Lopez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Tarbes, France |
14 November 1980 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weapon(s) | sabre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hand | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National coach(es) | Jean-Philippe Daurelle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Amicale tarbaise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIE Ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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. He accomplished this with his team mates 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. Lopez also won the silver medal in the individual sabre fencing, losing to Zhong Man in the final.