Fabrice Jeannet

Fabrice Jeannet ( born October 20, 1980 in Fort-de -France, Martinique ) is a French fencer. He is a five-time World Champion and was twice with the French epee team Olympic champion.

Career

After winning the Junior World Championship in 2000 he quickly achieved top results in the senior level. In 2001 he won the bronze medal at the discharged in domestic Nîmes World Cup both in single as well as with the team. The following year he was in Lisbon to final defeat by the Russians Pavel Kolobkov Vice World Champion in singles and secured himself as member of the team epee team its first world title. Finally, in the 2003 World Championships in Havana, he succeeded his first and so far only a single title.

It was followed by a less successful in terms of sport phase. World Cup victories and remained at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he retired to his teammates Éric Boisse out in the quarter- finals. Only the Olympic gold medal with the French team epee hübschte on the balance sheet.

At the World Cup 2005 in Leipzig the sword team was the gold medal confirm their Olympic victory and also in individual came Jeannet with silver back to a medal success. In 2006 and 2007 he won at the World Championships in Turin and St. Petersburg his third and fourth title as team world champion in individual competition, he retired in 2006 from already in the first round and did not report the following year.

In May 2008, Jeannet announced, even before his participation in the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing was certain, for September 2008, announced his retirement from the national team. He wanted to concentrate on building his career in the IT field.

In Olympic competition, he penetrated then in singles competition to the finals before and it lost to the Italians Matteo Tagliariol. With the team he won the gold medal again.

Jeannet starts for the club Lagardère PR and trained there with Jean -Marie Grubo and Jérôme Roussat. His brother Jerome Jeannet contests also.

Achievements

  • Olympic games Athens 2004: 5th Single, 1st team
  • Beijing 2008: 2 Single, 1 team
  • 2001 in Nîmes: 3 Single, 3rd team
  • 2002 in Lisbon: 2nd Single
  • 2003 in Havana: 1 single
  • 2005 in Leipzig: 1st team
  • Turin 2006: 1st team
  • 2007 in St. Petersburg: 1st team
  • 2007 Ghent: 3rd team
Fort-de-France European Fencing Championships Alexandre Lippmann Jean Stern Paul Anspach Jacques Ochs Gaston Salmon Abelardo Olivier Tommaso Costantino Aldo Nadi Nedo Nadi Georges Buchard Roger Ducret Lucien Gaudin Georges Tainturier Marcello Bertinetti Franco Riccardi Giancarlo Brusati Edoardo Mangiarotti Saverio Ragno Giuseppe Delfino Dario Mangiarotti Carlo Pavesi Alberto Pellegrino Csaba Fenyvesi Philippe Boisse Philippe Riboud Elmar Borrmann Volker Fischer Gerhard Heer Rafael Nickel Alexander Pusch Uwe Proske Arnd Schmitt Jean-Michel Lucenay
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