Erwann Le Péchoux

Erwann Le Péchoux
Le Péchoux at the 2014 Master de fleuret
Personal information
Nickname(s) Petit Homme
Country represented France
Born (1982-01-13) 13 January 1982
Pertuis, Vaucluse, France
Weapon(s) Foil
Hand Left-handed
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
National coach(es) Franck Boidin
FIE ranking current raking
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team foil
World Championships
2005 LeipzigTeam foil
2006 TurinTeam foil
2007 St PetersburgTeam foil
2014 KazanTeam foil
2011 CataniaTeam foil
2013 BudapestTeam foil
2017 LeipzigTeam foil
European Championships
2014 StrasbourgTeam foil
2015 MontreuxTeam foil
2017 TbilisiTeam foil
2011 SheffieldTeam foil
2012 LegnanoTeam foil
2016 TorúnIndividual
2007 GhentIndividual
2014 StrasbourgIndividual

Erwann Le Péchoux (born 13 January 1982) is a French foil fencer, four-time team World champion (2005, 2006, 2007, and 2014) and 2014 European team champion. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics and the individual foil at the 2008 where the Men's team foil event did not take place.[1]

Le Péchoux is married to Tunisian foil fencer Inès Boubakri.[2] Since Muslim women are forbidden to marry non-Muslim men he converted to Islam to marry her.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Erwann Le Péchoux Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Il fiorettista francese Erwann Le Pechoux ha sposato oggi la collega tunisina Ines Boubakri, bronzo mondiale a Kazan". Pianeta Scherma. 2 August 2014.
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOqZktEQyQ8
  • Profile at the European Fencing Confederation
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