Erwann Le Péchoux

Erwann Le Péchoux
Le Péchoux at the 2014 Master de fleuret
Personal information
Nickname(s)Petit Homme
Born (1982-01-13) 13 January 1982 (age 42)
Pertuis, Vaucluse, France
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
WeaponFoil
Handleft-handed
National coachFranck Boidin
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Leipzig Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 St Petersburg Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Kazan Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Catania Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Leipzig Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Strasbourg Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Montreux Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tbilisi Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Düsseldorf Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Sheffield Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Legnano Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Torún Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Ghent Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Strasbourg Individual

Erwann Le Péchoux (born 13 January 1982) is a French left-handed foil fencer.[1] Le Péchoux is a four-time team European champion and four-time team world champion. A five-time Olympian, Le Péchoux is a 2016 team Olympic silver medalist and 2021 team Olympic champion. Le Péchoux competed in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Le Péchoux is married to Tunisian foil fencer Inès Boubakri.[2] Since Muslim women were forbidden to marry non-Muslim men in Tunisia until September 2017, he converted to Islam to marry her.[3][4]

Medal record

Olympic Games

Year Location Event Position
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Team men's foil 2nd[5]
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team men's foil 1st[6]

World Championship

Year Location Event Position
2005 Germany Leipzig, Germany Team men's foil 1st[7]
2006 Italy Turin, Italy Team men's foil 1st[8]
2007 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Team men's foil 1st[9]
2011 Italy Catania, Italy Team men's foil 2nd[10]
2013 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team men's foil 3rd[11]
2014 Russia Kazan, Russia Team men's foil 1st[12]
2017 Germany Leipzig, Germany Team men's foil 3rd[13]
2019 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team men's foil 2nd[14]

European Championship

Year Location Event Position
2007 Belgium Ghent, Belgium Individual men's foil 3rd[15]
2011 United Kingdom Sheffield, United Kingdom Team men's foil 2nd[16]
2012 Italy Legnano, Italy Team men's foil 2nd[17]
2014 France Strasbourg, France Individual men's foil 3rd[18]
2014 France Strasbourg, France Team men's foil 1st[19]
2015 Switzerland Montreux, Switzerland Team men's foil 1st[20]
2016 Poland Toruń, Poland Individual men's foil 2nd[21]
2017 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Team men's foil 1st[22]
2019 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany Team men's foil 1st[23]

Grand Prix

Date Location Event Position
16 May 2003 Portugal Espinho, Portugal Individual men's foil 1st[24]
21 January 2005 France Paris, France Individual men's foil 2nd[25]
18 March 2005 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Individual men's foil 2nd[26]
24 June 2005 Cuba Havana, Cuba Individual men's foil 1st[27]
25 May 2007 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Individual men's foil 1st[28]
10 June 2007 Cuba Havana, Cuba Individual men's foil 3rd[29]
25 January 2008 France Paris, France Individual men's foil 3rd[30]
2 May 2008 China Shanghai, China Individual men's foil 2nd[31]
1 May 2009 China Shanghai, China Individual men's foil 1st[32]
9 May 2011 China Shanghai, China Individual men's foil 1st[33]
3 March 2012 Italy Venice, Italy Individual men's foil 1st[34]
15 May 2015 China Shanghai, China Individual men's foil 3rd[35]
19 May 2017 China Shanghai, China Individual men's foil 3rd[36]

World Cup

Date Location Event Position
25 March 2005 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Individual men's foil 1st[37]
2 October 2006 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Individual men's foil 3rd[38]
13 January 2007 Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark Individual men's foil 1st[39]
23 March 2007 Italy Venice, Italy Individual men's foil 1st[40]
15 June 2007 Venezuela Margarita Island, Venezuela Individual men's foil 1st[41]
5 January 2008 Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark Individual men's foil 3rd[42]
1 March 2008 Germany Bonn, Germany Individual men's foil 1st[43]
29 May 2008 Canada Montreal, Canada Individual men's foil 1st[44]
31 January 2009 Spain A Coruña, Spain Individual men's foil 2nd[45]
6 February 2010 Spain A Coruña, Spain Individual men's foil 3rd[46]
28 January 2011 France Paris, France Individual men's foil 1st[47]
17 February 2012 Spain A Coruña, Spain Individual men's foil 2nd[48]
26 April 2013 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual men's foil 2nd[49]
5 February 2016 Germany Bonn, Germany Individual men's foil 3rd[50]
11 November 2016 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual men's foil 3rd[51]
11 October 2017 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual men's foil 1st[52]
1 March 2019 Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark Individual men's foil 2nd[53]
3 March 2019 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Individual men's foil 3rd[54]

References

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  2. ^ "Due cuori e un fioretto". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian). 2 August 2014.
  3. ^ Erwann Le Péchoux and Inès Boubakri. Ines and Erwann: Together Against Every Prejudice. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Tunisia ends ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims". France 24. 14 September 2017.
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