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| Born | 4 January 1951 Tourcoing, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Didier Flament (born 4 January 1951) is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1980 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] He also won a gold medal in the individual foil event at the 1979 Mediterranean Games. [3]
France competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 206 competitors, 177 men and 29 women, took part in 128 events in 18 sports.
Edoardo Mangiarotti was an Italian fencer. He won a total of 39 Olympic titles and World championships, more than any other fencer in the history of the sport. His Olympic medals include one individual gold, five team golds, five silver, and two bronze medals from 1936 to 1960, making him the most decorated Italian Olympian of all time and tied for the tenth-most decorated Olympian of all time.
France competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, France competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 121 competitors, 98 men and 23 women, took part in 85 events in 13 sports.
Claude Netter was a French Olympic champion foil fencer.
Christian d'Oriola was a French fencer. He was a cousin of the Olympic equestrian Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola.
Mauro Numa is an Italian fencer and one of the strongest during the 1980s.His career started very early and in 1979, at 18, he was included in the Foil's Italian Team. In 1980 Numa could not compete at the Moscow Olympic Games due to the boycott.
Jean-Claude Magnan is a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition, and a medalist in three successive Olympics.
Philippe Omnès is a French fencer and Olympic champion in the foil competition.
Adrien Rommel was a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the Mediterranean Games in 1951 where he won a silver medal in the team foil event and in 1955 where he won a gold medal in the team foil event.
Jacques Noël was a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1951 Mediterranean Games where he won a silver medal in the team foil event.
Bruno Boscherie is a French fencer who took part in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.
Vittorio Lucarelli was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1955 Mediterranean Games where he won silver medals in the épée and foil team events and a bronze medal in the individual foil event.
Dorina Vaccaroni is an Italian former fencer, competing in the foil.
Klaus Reichert is a German fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Frédéric Pietruszka is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1980 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same events at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics.
The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 22 to 23 July 1980. 37 fencers from 16 nations competed. Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Vladimir Smirnov of the Soviet Union, the nation's first victory in the men's foil since 1960 and second overall. His countryman Alexandr Romankov took bronze, becoming the eighth man to win multiple medals in the event. It was the first time in five Games that France did not receive the bronze medal—though Pascal Jolyot earned silver instead.
Pascal Jolyot is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil and a silver in the individual foil events at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Andrea Borella is an Italian fencer. His team won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the individual foil event at the 1991 Mediterranean Games. Borella won European Championships in 1981 and 1983, as well as three World Cups. He is married to Francesca Bortolozzi, who was also an Olympic fencing champion for Italy.
Udo Wagner is a German former fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual foil event for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four years later, he won a gold in the team foil event for Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Ulrich Schreck is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics and a gold in the same event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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